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''At Play in the Fields of the Lord'' is a 1965 novel by Peter Matthiessen. In 1991, Brazilian director Hector Babenco filmed an adaptation with a cast including Tom Berenger, JohnLithgow, Creator/DarylHannah, KathyBates, Aidan Quinn and Music/TomWaits.

Missionaries try to save the Indian, while mercenaries try to wipe them out.

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!!This work provides us examples of:
* TheAmazon
* BadassNative: Moon
* DefectorFromDecadence: Moon
* DownerEnding
* GagPenis: When Randy asks Andie how she knew Moon wanted her, she says "Don't be such a child."
* AGodAmI: Moon takes on the identity of Kisu.
* JustForPun: Nowhere/Now Here
* {{Loincloth}}: In the film version. The Niaruna wear "bellybands" in the novel. When Moon gets an erection, the bellyband hurts.
** An explanation might be required for the bellybands: In the Amazon, men bind their foreskins and tie the binding material around their waists.
* LostTribe: Theorized to be a lost tribe of Sioux or a lost tribe of Jews.
* LoveDodecahedron: Moon likes Andie. Randy likes Andie. Randy is married. So is Andie.
* MightyWhitey: Deconstructed, since Moon is a halfbreed Cheyenne. Further deconstructed since he accidentally starts an epidemic of the common cold, killing them all.
* MushroomSamba: Moon gets a lot of tropes.
* NakedOnArrival: Moon, to the Niaruna.
* NationalGeographicNudity
** Subverted by [[Creator/DarylHannah Andie]]'s SkinnyDipping scene.
* NativeAmericanMythology and all associated (or at least Sioux and Cheyenne) tropes.
* ANiceJewishBoy: Averted by Wolf, who is anything but nice.
* NoOneCouldHaveSurvivedThat: Moon
* NudeNatureDance: Played with, though the film version is definitely not fanservice, since it's Kathy Bates [[spoiler: and her character's basically gone nuts]].
* RapeAsDrama: Moon sees Andie naked. But he can't have her since she's married, so he goes home and rapes his wife, Pindi.
* ShaggyDogStory: Moon wants to help the Niaruna, but in the end, he gives them the flu, which kills them.
* {{Shotacon}}: When Randy's wife says "What if one of those things lays a hand on Billy?", Randy simply replies "He might like it."