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  1. At Play in the Fields of the Lord is a 1991 epic adventure drama film directed by Héctor 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, and stars Tom Berenger, John Lithgow, Daryl Hannah, Aidan Quinn, Tom Waits and Kathy Bates. [3]

  2. Dec 6, 1991 · “At Play in the Fields of the Lord” does not build to a conventional plot climax. It is about beliefs more than actions. Watching it, we are looking at a morality play about a world in which sincere people create unwitting mischief so that evil people can have their way.

  3. At Play in the Fields of the Lord. In the South American jungle, fundamentalist missionaries Martin and Hazel clash with tribe members and rival groups while pilot Lewis gets entangled with mission head Leslie's wife Andy amid encroaching civilization.

    • (3.6K)
    • Drama, Romance
    • Hector Babenco
    • 1991-12-06
  4. At Play in the Fields of the Lord ★★★ 1991 (R) A thoughtful epic that never quite lives up to its own self-importance—or length. Two yankee missionary couples try to evangelize a fearsome tribe of Brazilian rain-forest dwellers.

  5. At Play in the Fields of the Lord is the most firmly plotted of Matthiessen's fictions: The developing story line provides both a sense of suspense and a dramatic resolution of...

  6. The story develops as the main characters clash in a fanatical conflict over the fate of the Niaruna and how no one can emerge unchanged by their Amazon experience. At Play in the Fields of the Lord was filmed entirely on location in Amazonia.

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  8. Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. This story, based on Peter Matthiessen's 1965 novel, is set in the Amazon rain forest where the Niaruna Indians are besieged by some supposedly civilized outsiders who want to save them.