V (Va) Virgin Forest (FILM) Virgin Forest is a 1985 film directed by multi-awarded Filipino director Peque Gallaga, starring Sarsi Emmanuel (Chayong), who plays a barrio lass of Chinese ancestry and Miguel Rodriguez (Alfonsito) as a Filipino-Spanish Illustrado. Set during the Spanish-American War, the film succeeds in driving home its message about the emerging Filipino national consciousness at the turn of the century. It won Best Production Design and Best Musical Score in the 1986 Film Academ