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At Play in the Fields of the Lord

6.4 189 mins Drama   Romance   1991
Universal Pictures   The Saul Zaentz Company  
Director(s): Héctor Babenco

Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, before the natives murdered them all. They are sent by the pompous Leslie Huben, who runs the missionary effort in the area but who seems more concerned about competing with his Catholic 'rivals' than in the Indians themselves. Hazel is terrified of the Indians while Martin is fascinated. Soon American pilot Lewis Moon joins the Indian tribe but is attracted by Leslie's young wife, Andy. Can the interaction of these characters and cultures, and the advancing bulldozers of civilization, avoid disaster?

Casts of At Play in the Fields of the Lord

Tom Berenger

as Lewis Moon

John Lithgow

as Leslie Huben

Daryl Hannah

as Andy Huben

Aidan Quinn

as Martin Quarrier

Tom Waits

as Wolf

Kathy Bates

as Hazel Quarrier

Stênio Garcia

as Boronai

Nelson Xavier

as Father Xantes

José Dumont

as Commander Guzman

Nilo Kivirinta

as Billy Quarrier

Jose Renato Lana

as Uyuyu

Ruy Polanah

as Kori

Carlos Xavante

as Tukanu

Ione Machado

as Pindi

Edwirges Ribeiro

as Taweda

Mutahi Pataxo

as Mutu

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