The Lost Children (2024)

Name: The Lost Children
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2024-11-13
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Fátima Mucutuy, Yeritza Mucutuy, Madadme Mendoza Ortiz, Nicolás Ordóñez, Henry Guerrero

Released 13 November 2024
Runtime 1h 37m
Director Orlando von Einsiedel
Genres Documentary
Rating 7.4/10 (95 votes)

Synopsis

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

Cast

Fátima Mucutuy as Self - The Children's Grandmother
Yeritza Mucutuy as Self - The Children's Aunt
Madadme Mendoza Ortiz as Self - The Children's Teacher
Nicolás Ordóñez as Self - Volunteer Searcher
Henry Guerrero as Self - Volunteer Searcher
Eliécer Muñoz as Self - Volunteer Searcher
Edwin Manchola as Self - Volunteer Searcher
Pedro Arnulfo Sánchez as Self - Commander Special Forces
Popeye as Self - Lieutenant, Special Forces
Legionnaire as Self - Captain, Special Forces
Don Rubio as Self - Huitoto Shaman
Soleiny Mucutuy as Self (Archival Footage)
Tien Noriel Mucutuy as Self (Archival Footage)
Lesly Mucutuy as Self (Archival Footage)
Cristin Mucutuy as Self (Archival Footage)
Magdalena Mucutuy as Self - The Children's Mother (Archival Footage)
Hermán Mendoza Hernández as Self - Indigenous Leader (Archival Footage)
Hernando Murcia Morales as Self - Pilot (Archival Footage)

Crew

Orlando von Einsiedel Director
Lali Houghton Director
Jorge Duran Director
Franklin Dow Director of Photography
Mauricio Vidal Director of Photography
Katie Bryer Editor
Patrick Jonsson Original Music Composer
Marta Shaw Producer

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