Atthebeginningofthe20thCentury,duringthePhilippine-AmericanWar,agarrisonunderthecommandofUSLieutenantComptonisleftto‘protect’SanIsidro,aremoteregionlocatedinthePhilippines.ComptoncanonlycommunicatewithRafael,theHeadofthebarrio,throughthefriarHidalgowhobearsadeepresentmenttowardsRafael.Neithersidecanunderstandortrusttheother,butareforcedtolivetogether,tryingtosurviveinthemiddleofawar.WhentheAmericanoccupationpolicygetstougher,RafaelhastoanswertoboththeAmericansandtheFilipinopatriots.