The Burning Season (1994)
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
- Date of release
- 1994-09-17
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (25)
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- John Frankenheimer
Casting
- Raúl Juliá — Chico Mendes
- Carmen Argenziano — Alfredo Sezero
- Sonia Braga — Regina de Carvalho
- Kamala Lopez — Ilzamar
- Luis Guzmán — Estate Boss
- Nigel Havers — Steven Kaye
- Tomas Milian — Darli Alves
- Esai Morales — Jair
- Edward James Olmos — Wilson Pinheiro
- Tony Plana — Galvao
- Marco Rodríguez — Tavora
- Carlos Carrasco — Helio
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