At Play In The Fields Of The Lord
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Hector Babenco
Ione Machado
Rui Polanah
Jose Renato Lana
Carlos Xavante
Nelson Xavier
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in the 1970s, the story reflects on a group of Presbyterian missionaries and two American pilots/gun-runners in the Amazon, and how their intentions affect the world around them. Film focuses on the pilots' efforts to bomb a tribe of Indians off their land until one of the pilot's Indian heritage puts him in conflict with the job.
Cast
Ione Machado
Rui Polanah
Jose Renato Lana
Carlos Xavante
Nelson Xavier
Edwirges Ribeiro
Niilo Kivirinta
Daryl Hannah
Jose Dumont
Mutahi Pataxo
John Lithgow
Aidan Quinn
S Yriwana Karaja
Tom Waits
Tom Berenger
Stenio Garcia
Kathy Bates
Crew
Ana Mara Abreu
Dorit Ackerman
Mark Adler
Mauro Alice
Maria Helena Alvarenga
Wagner Cesar Alves
Valeria Amorim
Vicente Amorim
William Anderson
Steve Andrews
Marcos Antonio
Professor Antonio
Jacqueline Arakawa
Joao Luiz Araujo
Matt Archambault
Jim Austin
Marcos Avelar
Joaquim Azevedo
Hector Babenco
Fausto Bara
Elizabeth Baralt
Norma Barroso
Donah Bassett
Jose Luis Bello
Abraao Barcessat Bemerguy
John Bentley
David Bergad
David Bergad
Mark Berger
Wilson Bernardi
Todd Boekelheide
Altamiro Boscoli
Henni Bouwmeester
Flavia Brasil
Otavio Brasil
Phil Bray
Lucideia Maria Souza Brito
Rui Nobre Brito
Karen A Brocco
Clovis Bueno
Judi Bunn
Loren Byer
Mike Cain
Claudio Roberto Calado
Jeorge Camara
Leonard Camarillo
Edson Camilo
Maritza Caneca
Frank Canonica
Nara Adiles Cardoso
Jean-claude Carriere
Phil Carroll
Vince Casper
Andrez Castilho
Beatriz Castro
Joao Catrolli
Alessandra Cavalcanti
Pedro Nascimento Cerveira
Flavio Chaves
Walniza Lima Chaves
Lisa Chino
Tom Christopher
Luis Claudio
Katia Coelho
Dominique Cohen
Lauremir Conceicao
Ismael Cordeiro
Antonio Cornejo
Jeso Carlos Cornelsen
Jose Carlos Couto
Dianne Crittenden
Lee Cruikshank
Francisco Assis Cruz
Richard Curaso
Ilma Dacosta Santos
Jose Sodre Dasilva
Sonia Regina Dasilva
Antonio Jose Dealmeida Silva
Maxwell Decaravalho
Cesar Borges Dehora Filho
Clissia Maria Demoraes
Kate Dennis
Jose Augusto Desouza
Marcal Ferreira Desouza
Paulo Roberto Desouza
Waldir Monteiro Desouza
Leonardo Desouza Brito
Joy Dickson
Isabel Diegues
Deborah Dietrich
Cecilia Dighero-house
Francesca Dodd
Patrick Dodd
Carlos Neri Dos Santos
Serafim Dos Santos
Aleksander Dowsilas
Fredrica Drotos
Richard Duarte
Adrian Duran
Chucho Duran
Fermin Duran
Juan Alejandro Duran Vasquez
Milan Dusatko
Nancy Eichler
Julie Elliott
Robert Ernst
Lauro Escorel
Frank Eulner
Jairo Fagundes
Ronaldo Fagundes
Bruno Falesi
Pedro Farkas
Ronaldo Fayal
Ricardo Ferran
Lazaro Batista Ferreira
Corey Fischer
Gilmar Mendonca Flores
Grant Foerster
Alexandre Fonseca
Jose Henrique Fonseca
Ernie Fosselius
Soares Franca
Manuele Francheschini
Jose Carlos Freire
Miguel Brito Furtado
Dominique Gallois
Anthony Galvan
Jorge Galvan
Alberto Gieco
Hector Gomez
Oswaldo Manoel Goncalves
Barbara Goodson
Toni Gorbi
Jadeyr Guimaraes
Kerry Gutierrez
Vera Hamburger
Cecilia Harrigan
Alverta Harty
Ruth Hasty
Annette Haywood-carter
Ilka Hempfing
Lorri Holt
Louise A Innes
Pat Jackson
Marabina Jaimes
Nancy Jencks
Joseph Joffee
David Jones
Eric K Jones
Nancy Jones
Onofre Bonesso Junior
Robert Kaiser
Michael Kelly
Marriba Knez
Kathleen Korth
Ann Kroeber
Jeffrey Kroeber
Vicente Kubrusly
Nebes Labasca
M J Lallo
Joan Marie Leite
Iris H. Lemos
Iris H. Lemos
Claubel Soares Lessa
Dan Levin
Mark Levinson
Linda Lew
Monica Lima
Brian Lohmann
Peter Lownds
Urbanie Lucero
Sarah Ludow
Katia Lund
Katia Lund
Laura Lustosa
Gunnar Madsen
Roberto Mainieri
Zbigniew Malecki
John Mardesich
Jose Marino
Caito Lanhoso Martins
Luiz Ferreira Martins
Maria Beatriz Martins
Juliet Mason
Peter Matthiessen
Barbara Mcbane
Stan Mcclain
Larry Mcconkey
Marilyn Mccoppen
Anne Mcglynn
Peter Mckernan
Tara Mckinley
Maureen Mcverry
Edson Jose Mendonca
Uirande Mendonca
San Miguel
Kristina Mills
Armen Minasian
Marlui Miranda
Marlui Miranda
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Zbigniew Preisner was cited for best music of the year by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for his work on "Europa, Europa" (France/Germany/90), "The Double Life of Veronique" (France/Poland/91) and "At Play in the Fields of the Lord" (USA/91).
Expanded Release in United States January 1992
Released in United States December 3, 1991
Released in United States on Video May 6, 1992
Released in United States Winter December 6, 1991
Shown at benefit screenings for the Amazon campaign of the Rainforest Action Network in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco December 3, 1991.
Began shooting June 18, 1990.
Completed shooting December 18, 1990.
A language is created for the fictional Nirhuana tribe and is accompanied by subtitles.
Expanded Release in United States January 1992
Released in United States on Video May 6, 1992
Released in United States December 3, 1991 (Shown at benefit screenings for the Amazon campaign of the Rainforest Action Network in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco December 3, 1991.)
Released in United States Winter December 6, 1991