Summary
The setting is a small village on the Brazilian border. An
adventurous young man named Chark arrives here at the same time as a
party of diamond prospectors who are preparing to attack a small
government garrison. Chark is arrested, accused of
robbery, but escapes in the tumult of a full-scale rebellion. By
the time the military forces are back in control, the rebels have all
fled to Brazil through the jungle. The fugitive Chark is now
accompanied by Castin, another adventurer, who travels with his deaf
and dumb daughter, Maria, and his prostitute mistress, Gin.
Chark’s party also includes a strange missionary, a soldier and a
bandit. The journey proves to be hazardous, but they know they
can never go back. Will Chark and his new friends ever escape
from the jungle or will they fall victim to its many untamed terrors...?
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
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Credits
- Director: Luis Buñuel
- Script: Luis Alcoriza, Gabriel Arout, Luis Buñuel, José-André Lacour (novel), Raymond Queneau
- Photo: Jorge Stahl Jr.
- Music: Paul Misraki
- Cast: Simone Signoret (Djin), Charles Vanel (Castin), Georges Marchal (Chark), Michel Piccoli (Father Lizardi), Tito Junco (Chenko), Raúl Ramírez (Álvaro), Luis Aceves Castañeda (Alberto), Jorge Martínez de Hoyos (Captain Ferrero), Alberto Pedret (Second lieutenant Jimenez)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 104 min
- Aka: Death in the Garden; Evil Eden; Gina; The Diamond Hunters
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