Movie

Amazon (1990)

• December 14, 1990
• 1h 27m

• Adventure
• Drama

“Adventure in a world where every man has his limits... and every dream its price.”

Overview

Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and educated local woman warns him about the possible consequences to the rain forest. Kari has mixed feelings about the project, until an accident puts him in the care of a local Indian tribe.

Director

Mika Kaurismäki

Writers

Mika Kaurismäki, Richard Reitinger

Starring

Kari Väänänen, Robert Davi, Rae Dawn Chong