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- The film, based on David Kendall's novel 'Lazaro', revolves around young Lazaro, a child raised deep in the Amazonian jungle by his mother following the death of his priest father before he was born. Mother and son live a happy, idyllic life until gold-hunters enter their territory and end up murdering Lazaro's mother.
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Where the River Runs Black: Directed by Christopher Cain. With Charles Durning, Alessandro Rabelo, Ajay Naidu, Divana Brandão. An orphaned boy who was raised in the Amazon jungle is brought back to civilization by a priest who knows his father.
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- Christopher Cain
- 1986-09-19
An orphaned boy who was raised in the Amazon jungle is brought back to civilization by a priest who knows his father. Father O'Reilly, an older priest, tells the story of Father Mahoney, Eagle Woman, and their son Lazaro. It's magic realism in the Amazon.
When ruthless white men who are searching for gold kill Lazaro's mother, the boy is forced to survive on his own, finding friendship and protection with the dolphins that live in the nearby...
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- Christopher Cain
- PG
- Charles Durning
“Where the River Runs Black” takes place along an isolated Brazilian river system, where the streams penetrate the heart of darkness. The Indian tribes that inhabit that world tell of a freshwater dolphin that transforms itself into a beautiful woman.
Where the River Runs Black is a 1986 film directed by Christopher Cain and starring Charles Durning, Peter Horton, and Dana Delany. The screenplay was written by Neal Jimenez and Peter Silverman, based on the novel Lazaro by David Kendall .
Where the River Runs Black ★★ 1986 (PG) An orphaned Indian child is raised in the Brazilian jungles by river dolphins. He is eventually befriended by a kindly priest who brings him into the modern world of violence and corruption.
Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. After making love to a beautiful Indian woman in the jungles of Brazil, a young Catholic priest returning to his mission is killed by a water snake. She raises their child, a boy, near the place where the river runs black.
