The Emerald Forest
6.6/10
Rating
114 min
Runtime
1985
Release Year
John Boorman
Director
Cast
Powers Boothe, Charley Boorman, Meg Foster, Estee Chandler, Dira Paes
Quick Synopsis
Bill Markham, an engineer, has spent ten years searching for his son Tommy, who vanished near the Brazilian rainforest. Eventually, Bill discovers Tommy living with a remote Amazon tribe that has raised him. Now an adult, Tommy is adept at surviving in the challenging jungle environment and distrustful of outsiders who might harm it. When Bill tries to bring Tommy back to modern society, Tommy questions his father's views on civilization and challenges the idea that he needs to be saved from the jungle.
Detailed Synopsis of The Emerald Forest
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.
