At Play in the Fields of the Lord

Special Screening

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

Brincando nos Campos do Senhor

Brazil, USA 1991 Fiction cor 188 min.

An evangelical couple and their young son venture into the Brazilian Amazon rainforest to catechize indigenous people who are still wary of the notion of God. Martin Quarrier is a sociologist motivated by the experiences of another couple, the Huben. Religious intentions and harmony between whites and indigenous people are shaken by the presence of Lewis Moon, a mercenary descended from native Americans. His contact with the forest leads him to question his origins.

“At Play in the Fields of the Lord” is part of the restoration project “Hector Babenco Memory”, conceived by HB Filmes. The restoration used the original negative image preserved by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and scanned by Prasad Corp. The audio was restored from the original printmaster scanned at Audio Mechanics. The restoration project was coordinated by Patricia de Filippi, and the restoration was done by Quanta. The color correction was supervised by director of photography Lauro Escorel, and the audio restoration was done by Estúdio JLS.

This film has accessibility features.

Brazil USA religion indigenous restored films

direction

Hector Babenco

screenplay

Jean-Claude Carriére, Hector Babenco

cinematography

Lauro Escorel

editing

William Anderson, Armen Minasan, Louise Innes

sound

Alan Splet, Patrick Dodd, Christopher Newman

music

Zbigniew Preisner

production design

Clóvis Bueno

cast

Tom Berenger, Aidan Quinn, John Lithgow, Kathy Bates, Daryl Hannah, Tom Waits, Stênio Garcia, Nelson Xavier, José Dumont

production

Saul Zaentz, Francisco Ramalho Jr., David Nichols

produced by

The Saul Zaentz Company

world sales

HB FIlmes

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

16