Summary The town of Papayal is located in the Amazon jungle. It is ruled by violence, greed and vice. It has grown around mines where gold is extracted, and where mercury has severely destroyed the environment. Apart from the local bar and brothel, the settlers have nothing to do but work on the mines. Every once in a while a man called Fellini arrives and projects films. One day the mother of teenager Isabel and her lover steal the gold from miner El Gallego and flee from Papayal. The girl is forced to pay their debt, by working on the brothel. Isabel tries to escape, but she is caught by the police, and meets Cae, a young man who is bought by a trader to work in the gold mines. Back on Papayal, Isabel falls in love with Cae, who tells her that both her mother and her lover have been killed. View more details
Directed : Joseph Novoa
Written : Sonia Chocrón
Stars : Laureano Olivarez Rocío Miranda Armando Gota Pedro Lander
Genres : Action Crime Drama Romance
Release date : Jun 12, 2000
Countries of origin : Spain Venezuela
Language : Spanish
Filming locations : Venezuela
Production companies : Canal+ España Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía (CNAC) Joel Films
Summary The town of Papayal is located in the Amazon jungle. It is ruled by violence, greed and vice. It has grown around mines where gold is extracted, and where mercury has severely destroyed the environment. Apart from the local bar and brothel, the settlers have nothing to do but work on the mines. Every once in a while a man called Fellini arrives and projects films. One day the mother of teenager Isabel and her lover steal the gold from miner El Gallego and flee from Papayal. The girl is forced to pay their debt, by working on the brothel. Isabel tries to escape, but she is caught by the police, and meets Cae, a young man who is bought by a trader to work in the gold mines. Back on Papayal, Isabel falls in love with Cae, who tells her that both her mother and her lover have been killed. View more details
Genres : Action Crime Drama Romance
Release date : Jun 12, 2000
Countries of origin : Spain Venezuela
Language : Spanish
Filming locations : Venezuela
Production companies : Canal+ España Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía (CNAC) Joel Films
