At Play in the Fields of the Lord

At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991) is a drama film directed by Hector Babenco adapted from the 1965 novel of the same name by American author Peter Matthiessen. The screenplay was written by Babenco and Jean-Claude Carrière. The 3-hour, 9-minute story stars Tom Berenger, Aidan Quinn, Kathy Bates, Daryl Hannah, John Lithgow and Tom Waits. A pair of Americans, Lewis Moon and Wolf, become stranded in Mãe de Deus an outpost in the deep Brazilia... more

At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991) is a drama film directed by Hector Babenco adapted from the 1965 novel of the same name by American author Peter Matthiessen. The screenplay was written by Babenco and Jean-Claude Carrière. The 3-hour, 9-minute story stars Tom Berenger, Aidan Quinn, Kathy Bates, Daryl Hannah, John Lithgow and Tom Waits. A pair of Americans, Lewis Moon and Wolf, become stranded in Mãe de Deus an outpost in the deep Brazilian Amazon River basin, after their plane runs out of gasoline. The local police commandante wants the Niaruna tribe, living upriver, to move their village so they won't be killed by gold miners moving into the area and cause trouble for him with the provincial government. The commandante cuts a deal with Moon: if he and his fellow mercenary would bomb the Niaruna village from the air and drive them away, they will be given enough gasoline for their airplane to be allowed to leave. Born-again Christian evangelist and (missionary) Martin Quarrier... less