Film · Drama, Romance
At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
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?
- Director
- Héctor Babenco
- Writers
- Vincent Patrick, Héctor Babenco, Jean-Claude Carrière
- Country
- Brazil, United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- December 6, 1991
Cast
Tom BerengerLewis Moon
John LithgowLeslie Huben
Daryl HannahAndy Huben
Aidan QuinnMartin Quarrier
Tom WaitsWolf
Kathy BatesHazel Quarrier
Stênio GarciaBoronai
Nelson XavierFather Xantes
José DumontCommander Guzman- Nilo KivirintaBilly Quarrier
- S. Yriwana KarajaAcure
- Jose Renato LanaUyuyu
Ruy PolanahKori- Carlos XavanteTukanu
- Ione MachadoPindi
- Edwirges RibeiroTaweda
- Mutahi PataxoMutu
