An adventure beyond the limits of civilization, faith and passion.
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?
- 6.4
- 1991
- Released
- 3h 9m
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
Commander Guzman
Nilo Kivirinta
Billy QuarrierS. Yriwana Karaja
AcureJose Renato Lana
Uyuyu
Ruy Polanah
KoriCarlos Xavante
TukanuIone Machado
PindiEdwirges Ribeiro
TawedaMutahi Pataxo
Mutu
Released
en
$36,000,000.00
$1,345,903.00
- #based on novel or book
- #missionary
- #civilization
- #tribe
- #amazon rainforest
- #jungle
- #malaria
- #1960s
- #amazon river
Reviews
At Play in the Fields of the Lord is shot through with rich, complex irony (two characters, for instance, discuss having Indian blood, but while one is talking about having it in one’s veins, the other is talking about having it on one’s hands). Its main characters, except one whose hypocrisy borders on cognitive dissonance, are torn between perception and reality – struggling in vain to have t