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 ...
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Title: Amazon (1990)
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1 win & 1 nomination.
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| Kari Väänänen | ... | Kari | |
| Robert Davi | ... | Dan | |
| Rae Dawn Chong | ... | Paola | |
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Minna Sovio | ... | Nina (as Minna) |
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Aili Sovio | ... | Lea |
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Ruy Polanah | ... | Julio Cesar (as Rui Polanah) |
| Pirkko Hämäläinen | ... | Susanne | |
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Expedito Barreira | ... | Dealer |
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Luis Otavio | ... | Money Changer |
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Sidney Martins | ... | Thief |
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Ana Mel | ... | Black Whore |
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Abimael Tosin | ... | First Flight Customer |
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| Neil Barton | ... | Bartender | |
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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.Genres:
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Sung by Milton Nascimento
Composed by Nana Vasconcelos and Matthias Gohl
Lyrics by Duncan Lindsay
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Alligators in this film were neither killed nor mistreated. See more »Soundtracks
AmazonSung by Milton Nascimento
Composed by Nana Vasconcelos and Matthias Gohl
Lyrics by Duncan Lindsay
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14 December 1990 (Finland) See more »Also Known As:
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Contrary to the only other 'review' of this film, Amazon is a fairly interesting and serious attempt to blend the adventure and art genres.
Director Mika Kaurismaki has clearly learned a lot from the Werner Herzog playbook, as there are many echoes of both Fitzcarraldo (with the Caterpillar filling in for the riverboat) and Aguirre. Amazon manages to make a decent case for rain forest preservation without bashing us over the head with that thesis. The film's major weakness is,predictably, its star turn by the acting-challenged Rae Dawn Chong, who fills in needlessly as the love interest. Otherwise this is a leisurely-paced but intriguing look at the greed driving the (presumably still ongoing) deforestation of this ecological landmark.