Green Mansions (1959)

Directed by

Mel Ferrer

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Venezuelan traveler meets a mysterious girl living in the jungle. They fall in love even as danger surrounds them.

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What happens

Green Mansions is a 1959 American adventure-romance film directed by Mel Ferrer. It is based upon the 1904 novel Green Mansions by William Henry Hudson. The film starred Audrey Hepburn (who at the time was married to Ferrer) as Rima, a jungle girl who falls in love with a Venezuelan traveller played by Anthony Perkins. Also appearing in the film were Lee J. Cobb, Sessue Hayakawa and Henry Silva. The score was by Heitor Villa-Lobos and Bronislau Kaper. The film was intended to be the first of several projects directed by Ferrer and starring his wife, but ultimately this was the only one released. It was one of the few critical and box office failures of Hepburn's career. Vincente Minnelli had been slated to direct the film, but delays in the project led Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to choose Ferrer to direct. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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