The Burning Season

The Burning Season
1994DramaTV Movie123 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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 ... read more

  • John Frankenheimer

    Director

  • Ron Hutchinson

    Writer

  • William Mastrosimone

    Writer

  • Michael Tolkin

    Writer

  • Andrew Revkin

    Writer

  • John R. Leonetti

    Director of Photography

  • Paul Rubell

    Editor

  • Raúl Juliá

    Chico Mendes

  • Carmen Argenziano

    Alfredo Sezero

  • Sônia 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

  • Jonathan Carrasco

    Genesio

  • Jeffrey Licon

    Young Chico Mendes

  • José Pérez

    Moacir

  • Tony Perez

    Francisco Mendes

  • Briana Romero

    Elenia Mendes

  • Jorge Viteri

    Father Ceppi

  • Valentin Santana

    Oloci Alves

  • Alberto Isaac

    Jose

  • Loló Navarro

    Dona

  • Gerardo Albarrán

    Darci Alves

  • Carlos Romero

    Partenza

  • Enrique Novi

    Nilu Sergio

  • Gerardo Zepeda

    Santos

  • Mario Arévalo

    Gunman

  • Angel Casman

    Union Man

  • René Pereyra

    Disk Jockey

  • Roger Cudney

    Reporter

  • Carl Mergenthaler

    German Banker

  • Gabriel Eduardo Castanon

    Young Boy

  • Joaquín Garrido

    Joao

  • José Antonio Estrada

    Condemed Tapper

  • Julian Bucio

    Military Lieutenant

  • Alfredo Gutiérrez 'El Turco'

    Forest Worker

  • Javier Lambert

    Platoon Commander

  • Gustavo Campos

    Cutter

  • Terrence Beasor

    Narrator (uncredited)

  • Ricky Damazio

    Hitman (uncredited)

  • Muriel Minot

    Funeral Soloist (uncredited)

    • Runtime

    123 minutes

    Released

    1994-09-17

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Mexico

    Studios

    HBO Films

    Sound

  • Gary Chang

    Music

    • Updated

    177 days ago

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