AUSTRALIA · 1986

The Mosquito Coast

Peter Weir
utopian idealism environmental escapism family dynamics technological innovation colonial ambition
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An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.

Year1986
CountryAustralia
DirectorPeter Weir
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