The Emerald Forest

Name: The Emerald Forest
Director: John Boorman
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Action
Released: 1985-06-22
Rating: 6.606

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.

Film19851h 54mReleased

AdventureDramaAction

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Director: John Boorman
Language: English
Released: 1985-06-22
Runtime: 1h 54m

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6.6269 votes on TMDB

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6.5

The story

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.