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Where the River Runs Black is a american film of genre Adventure directed by Christopher Cain released in USA on 19 september 1986 with Charles Durning
Where the River Runs Black (1986)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 19 september 1986
Length 1h40
Directed by Christopher Cain
OriginUSA
Genres Adventure
Rating63%
Where the River Runs Black is a 1986 film directed by Christopher Cain. The screenplay was written by Neal Jimenez and Peter Silverman, based on the novel by David Kendall.
The film was entirely shot in Brazil, mostly in Belém and Rio Negro, Manaus.
Synopsis
Father Mahoney (Peter Horton) is a missionary priest in the Amazon. He falls in love with a beautiful and mysterious Indian woman (Divana Brandão) and together they have a son. Mahoney is killed by an anaconda, leaving the Indian woman to raise their child alone. The mother herself is killed by a band of hunters led by Orlando Santos (Cástulo Guerra), and the child, now aged six, is left to fend for himself in the jungle. He lives an idyllic existence, swimming with the river dolphins.Actors
Charles Durning
(Father O'Reilly)
Peter Horton
(Father Mahoney)
Dana Delany
(Sister Ana)
Ajay Naidu
(Segundo)
Cástulo Guerra
(Orlando Santos)
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