At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)

Directed by

Héctor Babenco

Genre

drama film

Country

Brazil, United States

Runtime

3h 09m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 56 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Missionaries and indigenous people clash in the Amazon rainforest. A pilot gets caught between their conflicting worlds.

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What happens

At Play in the Fields of the Lord is a 1991 epic adventure drama film directed by Héctor Babenco, adapted from the 1965 novel of the same name by American author Peter Matthiessen. The screenplay was written by Babenco and Jean-Claude Carrière, and stars Tom Berenger, John Lithgow, Daryl Hannah, Aidan Quinn, Tom Waits, and Kathy Bates. Director and producer James Cameron stated that At Play in the Fields of the Lord was used as a reference for the 2009 blockbuster film Avatar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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