At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)

Directors

Hector Babenco

Cast

Tom Berenger, John Lithgow, Daryl Hannah, Niilo Kivirinta, Tom Waits, Aidan Quinn, Kathy Bates, Stênio Garcia, S. Yriwana Karaja, Nelson Xavier, José Dumont, Carlos Xavante, Ruy Polanah, Jose Renato Lana, Ione Machado, Mutah Pataxo, Edwirges Ribeiro, Shannon O'Hurley

The story

A pair of explorers, Lewis Moon and Wolf, become stranded in Mãe de Deus (Portuguese: Mother of God), an outpost in the deep Brazilian Amazon River basin, after their plane runs out of fuel. The local police commander wants the Niaruna tribe, living upriver, to move their village so they will not be killed by gold miners moving into the area and cause trouble for him with the provincial government. The commander cuts a deal with Moon: if he and his fellow mercenary bomb the Niaruna village from the air and drive the tribe away, they will be given enough fuel for their airplane and be allowed to leave.

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