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Where the River Runs Black (1986)

Where the River Runs Black poster
Directed by
Christopher Cain
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A boy raised in the Amazon rainforest by a dolphin is taken to a city. He must adjust to a new world while authorities try to capture him.

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What happens

Where the River Runs Black is a 1986 American drama film directed by Christopher Cain and starring Charles Durning, Peter Horton, and Dana Delany. The screenplay was written by Neal Jimenez and Peter Silverman, based on the novel Lazaro by David Kendall. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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