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6.6For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who adopted him. And that's when Bill's adventure truly begins. For his son is now a grown tribesman who moves skillfully through this beautiful-but-dangerous terrain, fearful only of those who would exploit it. And as Bill attempts to "rescue" him from the savagery of the untamed jungle, Tommy challenges Bill's idea of true civilization and his notions about who needs rescuing.
Cast
- Powers Boothe as Bill Markham
- Charley Boorman as Tomme
- Meg Foster as Jean Markham
- Estee Chandler as Heather
- Dira Paes as Kachiri
- Eduardo Conde as Uwe Werner
Themes
- parent child relationship
- amazon rainforest
- based on true story
- jungle
- south america
- missing child
- child kidnapping
- deforestation
- rainforest
- indigenous peoples
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
11,365 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
- Year
- 1985
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 BAFTA 5 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- John Boorman
- Screenwriter
- Rospo Pallenberg
- Cast member
- Evandro Mesquita
- Producer
- John Boorman
- Cinematographer
- Philippe Rousselot
- Narrative location
- Brazil
- Filming location
- Rio de Janeiro
- Duration
- 113
- FilmAffinity ID
- 390667
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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