Cayenne Palace (1987)
Directed by Alain Maline

Film Synopsis

Noël's search for his long lost father, a former prisoner who escaped from Cayenne thirty years ago, has taken him deep into the forests of Guyana.  He is first betrayed then helped by his half-brother Mathieu, and has to contend with no end of natural calamities, from extreme weather to deadly wildlife.  Then he finds he is up against an even greater threat, a hoard of adventurers who believe that he has discovered a gold mine.  It ends with a pitiless struggle against a vile man named L'Équateur, the owner of Cayenne Palace, who intends to destroy him via Alice, the woman he loves...