At Play in the Fields of the Lord
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.
Plot
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.
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| author | Héctor Babenco Jean-Claude Carrière Vincent Patrick |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Venezuela |
| director | Héctor Babenco |
| editor | William M. Anderson |
| genre | adventure drama |
| keywords | amazon river amazon river basin blackwater fever bomb brazil catholic catholic priest cheyenne gold miner kill lose malaria missionary moving in native american native americans in the united states out of fuel portuguese portuguese language strand swim |
| musicBy | Zbigniew Preisner |
| producer | Saul Zaentz |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| theme | epic |