

The Lost Children
2024-11-13 · 97 min · ★ 7.5
After a plane crash, four indigenous children fight to survive in the Colombian Amazon using ancestral wisdom as an unprecedented rescue mission unfolds.
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- Directors
- Orlando von Einsiedel, Lali Houghton, Jorge Duran
- Production companies
- Grain Media, Caracol Televisión, Imagine Documentaries, Teletigre, Imagine Entertainment
- Countries
- Colombia, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Status
- Released
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