The Burning Season
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Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, and frequently resort to murder
Status: Released
Released Date: 1994-09-17
Runtime: 123 mins
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: Andrew Revkin, William Mastrosimone, Michael Tolkin, Ron Hutchinson
Spoken language: English, Português
Genres: Drama, TV Movie
Original title: The Burning Season
Production Companies: HBO Films, HBO
Production Countries: Mexico, United States of America
Cast
Raúl Juliá
Carmen Argenziano
Sônia Braga
Kamala Lopez
Luis Guzmán
Nigel Havers
Tomas Milian
Esai Morales
Edward James Olmos
Tony Plana
Marco Rodríguez
Carlos Carrasco
Jonathan Carrasco
Jeffrey Licon
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