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06/12/1991 Drama, Romance 3h 9m
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An adventure beyond the limits of civilization, faith and passion.

Overview

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?

  1. Héctor Babenco

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Tom Berenger

    Lewis Moon

  2. John Lithgow

    Leslie Huben

  3. Daryl Hannah

    Andy Huben

  4. Aidan Quinn

    Martin Quarrier

  5. Tom Waits

    Wolf

  6. Kathy Bates

    Hazel Quarrier

  7. Stênio Garcia

    Boronai

  8. Nelson Xavier

    Father Xantes

  9. José Dumont

    Commander Guzman

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Reviews

A review by tmdb28039023
Written by tmdb28039023 on 2022-08-30
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 their thoughts and deeds, their words and actions, meet halfway.

Four of them form two couples that are in and of themselves counterintuitive; after all, Aidan Quinn and Daryl Hannah would mak...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$36,000,000.00

Revenue
$1,345,903.00

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