The Emerald Forest
movie

The Emerald Forest

TMDBJun 22, 1985
TraktNov 1, 1985

What kind of man would return year after year for ten years to rescue a missing boy from the most savage jungle in the world? His father.

TMDB6.6Trakt7
DirectorJohn Boorman

Rated

FSK 12 · R

Runtime

1h 54m

Status

Released

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

Box office

$24M

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.