The Lost Children
The Lost Children
The Lost Children
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2024
1h 37m
7.4(80 votes)
Documentary

Overview

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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Netflix

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Production Companies

Grain Media
Imagine Documentaries
Imagine Entertainment

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

20 members
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Fátima Mucutuy

Self - The Children's Grandmother

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Yeritza Mucutuy

Self - The Children's Aunt

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Madadme Mendoza Ortiz

Self - The Children's Teacher

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Nicolás Ordóñez

Self - Volunteer Searcher

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Henry Guerrero

Self - Volunteer Searcher

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Eliécer Muñoz

Self - Volunteer Searcher

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Edwin Manchola

Self - Volunteer Searcher

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Pedro Arnulfo Sánchez

Self - Commander Special Forces

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Popeye

Self - Lieutenant, Special Forces

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Legionnaire

Self - Captain, Special Forces

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Don Rubio

Self - Huitoto Shaman

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Soleiny Mucutuy

Self (Archival Footage)

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Tien Noriel Mucutuy

Self (Archival Footage)

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Lesly Mucutuy

Self (Archival Footage)

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Cristin Mucutuy

Self (Archival Footage)

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Magdalena Mucutuy

Self - The Children's Mother (Archival Footage)

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Hermán Mendoza Hernández

Self - Indigenous Leader (Archival Footage)

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Hernando Murcia Morales

Self - Pilot (Archival Footage)

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Manuel Ranoque

Self - The Children's Father / Stepfather (Archival Footage)

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Gustavo Petro

Self - President of Colombia (Archival Footage)

Gustavo Petro

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