Title:
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Released: 1991
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 189 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Tagline:
An adventure beyond the limits of civilization, faith
and passion.
Plot
Summary: Martin and Hazel Quarrier are
small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the
jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their
remote mission was previously run by the Catholics,
before the natives murdered them all. They are sent
by the pompous Leslie Huben, who runs the missionary
effort in the area but who seems more concerned about
competing with his Catholic 'rivals' than in the Indians
themselves. Hazel is terrified of the Indians while
Martin is fascinated. Soon American pilot Lewis Moon
joins the Indian tribe but is attracted by Leslie's
young wife, Andy. Can the interaction of these characters
and cultures, and the advancing bulldozers of civilization,
avoid disaster?
Comments:
Directed by Academy Award nominated Argentinian-Brazilian
writer-director Hector Babenco and co-written by a
longtime Luis Buñuel collaborator Jean Claude
Carriere this is a breathtakingly beautiful, masterfully
directed film, that features a story of two protestant
missionary couples from a small town in U.S. that
come to Amazonia with an intent to preach to the wild
Indians of the area and an American pilot, wonderfully
played by Tom Berenger, who feels atracted to the
way of life of the Indians and joins and lives with
them. Following the life of it´s protagonists
in Amazonian forest, the film explores many subjects,
such as: religious fanaticism and intolerance, ecology,
destructive external influence on an unique Indian
culture and, of cause, lust and greed. It´s
slowly paced and has a duration of over 3 hours but
it never became boring, at least for me.
Cast
overview:
Tom Berenger .... Lewis Moon
John Lithgow .... Leslie Huben
Daryl Hannah .... Andy Huben
Aidan Quinn .... Martin Quarrier
Tom Waits .... Wolf
Kathy Bates .... Hazel Quarrier
Stênio Garcia .... Boronai
Nelson Xavier .... Father Xantes
José Dumont .... Commandante Guzman
Niilo Kivirinta .... Billy Quarrier
S. Yriwana Karaja .... Aeore
Jose Renato Lana .... Uyuyu
Ruy Polanah .... Kori
Carlos Xavante .... Tukanu
Ione Machado .... Pindi
Movie
scenes preview:
Scene #1
Scene
Description:
Daryl Hannah seen nude as she rests against a tree and
is then surprised by a native.
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