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Amazon (1990)

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Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and ... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview:
Kari Väänänen ...
Kari
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Dan
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Minna Sovio ...
Nina (as Minna)
Aili Sovio ...
Lea
Ruy Polanah ...
Julio Cesar (as Rui Polanah)
Pirkko Hämäläinen ...
Susanne
Expedito Barreira ...
Dealer
Luis Otavio ...
Money Changer
Sidney Martins ...
Thief
Ana Mel ...
Black Whore
Abimael Tosin ...
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Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and educated local woman warns him about the possible consequences to the rain forest. Kari has mixed feelings about the project, until an accident puts him in the care of a local Indian tribe. Written by Markku Kuoppamäki

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Adventure in a world where every man has his limits... and every dream its price.

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14 December 1990 (Finland)  »

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Amazonas  »

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FIM 15,358,089 (estimated)
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Alligators in this film were neither killed nor mistreated. See more »

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Featured in Kari Väänänen - kotona taas (2010) See more »

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"O Rei De Coco"
Performed by Bezerra da Silva
Composed by Bezerra da Silva
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Beautiful
4 February 2009 | by (Norway) – See all my reviews

I admit I was a bit doubtful on whether Mika Kaurismaki could do a great movie that was most definitely not placed in Finland. Well, he could. As in his other movies, this is a quiet, calm and reflecting movie. I guess you could compare the particular style of this movie to Tarkovskij or Aki Kaurismaki. There does not seem to be much dramatic happening on the surface, but still all the main characters are going through major changes. There's this confidence in the cinematography and dialogs that made this a great movie for me. Sure, none of the characters seem to be born with much to say, but when they say something it hits every time.


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