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Fire on the Amazon is a american film of genre Drama directed by Luis Llosa released in USA on 1 october 1993 with Craig Sheffer
Fire on the Amazon (1993)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 october 1993
Length 1h17
Directed by Luis Llosa
OriginUSA
Themes Indiens d'Amazonie
Rating35%
Fire on the Amazon is a 1993 American-Peruvian drama-adventure film directed by Luis Llosa and starring Craig Sheffer and Sandra Bullock.
The low-budget film features an early appearance of Bullock, before her breakout role in Speed.
Synopsis
In Bolivia's Amazon basin, corporate cattle ranches are replacing the rain forest. When Santos, charismatic leader of the union of rubber tappers, forges an alliance with Indians to protest deforestation, he is assassinated. O'Brien, a US photo-journalist who has no skills as an investigator, wants a story when he thinks the police have framed and murdered an innocent Indian as the assassin. In his search for the truth, he involves Lysa Rothman, who worked for Santos and with whom he falls in love. As he gets deeper into trouble with the cops and the real assassin, he not only needs Lysa's help but that of the Indians' leader. How many will die so O'Brien can get his story?.Actors
Craig Sheffer
(R.J.)
Sandra Bullock
(Alyssa Rothman)
Judith Chapman
(Sandra)
Juan Fernández de Alarcón
(Ataninde)
Diana Quijano
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