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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| 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) |
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Pirkko Hämäläinen | ... | Susanne |
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Expedito Barreira | ... | Dealer |
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Luis Otavio | ... | Money Changer |
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Ana Mel | ... | Black Whore |
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Abimael Tosin | ... | First Flight Customer |
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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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Release Date:
14 December 1990 (Finland) See more »Also Known As:
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FIM 15,358,089 (estimated)Company Credits
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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.