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.
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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Powers Boothe Charley Boorman Meg Foster Yara Vaneau William Rodriguez Estee Chandler Dira Paes Eduardo Conde Ariel Coelho Peter Marinker Mario Borges Átila Iório Gabriel Arcanjo Gracindo Júnior Arthur Muhlenberg Chico Terto Ruy Polanah Maria Helena Velasco Tetchie Agbayani Paulo Vinícius Aloisio Flores Joao Mauricio Carvalho Isabel Bicudo Patricia Prisco Silvana de Faria
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