The Emerald Forest

The Emerald Forest

1985 · 114 min · EN · R · 6.7 (200 votes)
Dir. John Boorman · Starring Powers Boothe, Charley Boorman, Meg Foster, Estee Chandler, Dira Paes, Eduardo Conde · Music Brian Gascoigne

What kind of man would return year after year for ten years to rescue a missing boy from the most savage jungle in the world? His father.

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For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who adopted him. And that's when Bill's adventure truly begins. For his son is now a grown tribesman who moves skillfully through this beautiful-but-dangerous terrain, fearful only of those who would exploit it. And as Bill attempts to "rescue" him from the savagery of the untamed jungle, Tommy challenges Bill's idea of true civilization and his notions about who needs rescuing.

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A visually stunning journey into the heart of the Amazon, exploring the profound clash between modern civilization and indigenous ways of life. It's a contemplative, often melancholic, look at family, identity, and the fragile beauty of the natural world.

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