Synopsis/Details
1840, the Upper Amazon. Abel, a failed poet and revolutionary, wanders into the Amazon to lose himself. Instead he finds a pocket rain forest and Rima the Bird Girl. She speaks no known language and communicates with birds. The local Indians fear her as a "Daughter of the Demon". Her grandfather, atoning for old sins, guards her closely. Smitten, Abel sets out to learn her mysterious origins, a journey that leads to the remote mountains of Riolama. But tragedy awaits there and back home as the Indians plot Rima's destruction... Based on the classic and lyrical "Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest" by W. H. Hudson, an English naturalist, 1904, public domain.
Story & Logistics
Story Type:
Hero's Journey
Story Situation:
Falling prey to cruelty/misfortune
Story Conclusion:
Sad
Linear Structure:
Linear
Moral Affections:
Innocence, Penitence
Cast Size:
Several
Locations:
Few
Special Effects:
Animatronics/puppets
Characters
Lead Role Ages:
Female Teenager, Male Young Adult, Male over 45
Hero Type:
Ordinary, Unfortunate
Villian Type:
Mother Nature
Stock Character Types:
Loathly lady, Manic Pixie Dream Girl, Tortured artist, Tragic hero
Advanced
Adaption:
Based on Existing Fiction
Subgenre:
Chick-Flick/Guy-Cry, Costume, Historical, Jungle and Safari, Man vs Nature, Melodramas, Tragedy
Action Elements:
Hand to Hand Combat, Physical Stunts
Equality & Diversity:
Diverse Cast
Life Topics:
Near Death Experience, Quarterlife Crisis
Time Period:
Early modern period
Country:
Venezuela
Relationship Topics:
Love
Writer Style:
Akira Kurosawa, James Cameron, William Goldman
