The Lost Children

Nov 13, 2024

1h 37m

★ 7.4

Overview

After a plane crash, four indigenous children fight to survive in the Colombian Amazon using ancestral wisdom as an unprecedented rescue mission unfolds.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Grain Media

Caracol Televisión

Imagine Documentaries

Teletigre

Imagine Entertainment

The Lost Children Trailers

Cast

Self - The Children's Grandmother

Fátima Mucutuy

Self - The Children's Aunt

Yeritza Mucutuy

Self - The Children's Teacher

Madadme Mendoza Ortiz

Self - Volunteer Searcher

Nicolás Ordóñez

Self - Volunteer Searcher

Henry Guerrero

Self - Volunteer Searcher

Eliécer Muñoz

Self - Volunteer Searcher

Edwin Manchola

Self - Commander Special Forces

Pedro Arnulfo Sánchez

Self - Lieutenant, Special Forces

Popeye

Self - Captain, Special Forces

Legionnaire

Self - Huitoto Shaman

Don Rubio

Self (Archival Footage)

Soleiny Mucutuy

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