Review of The Emerald Forest (1985) by Mark S — 15 Nov 2011

This is a visually beautiful story about an American engineer who loses his young son to the impenetrable Amazonian jungle. He searches for 10 years, and finally finds his son who is now completely assimilated into the primitive culture.

Especially poignant is the fact that the young man remembers his long gone existence and father only in dreams. The time the engineer spends with his son's adoptive "family" shows him that progress is not always an improvement upon nature, and leaves the viewer aching at the final, bittersweet understanding between father and son.