The green wall
By: Amaru Producciones Cinematograficas del Peru; director, Armando Robles Godoy
Contributors: Yori, Manuel, production; Cuadrosand, Juan, writing; Alemán, Julio, cast; Riva, Sandra, cast; Martin, Raul, cast; Pinilla, Enrique, 1927-1989, music; Aramayo, Omar, 1947-; Amaru Producciones Cinematograficas del Peru; Audio Brandon Films
Edition: Version released in the United States by Audio Brandon films
Publisher: Audio Brandon
Published: 1970
Place of publication: United States
Language: spa
Number of pages: 9990
Subjects: Fathers and sons; Drama; Jungle animals; Coffee; Agricultural ecology; Indians of South America; Clearcutting; Poor families; Agricultural implements; Self-preservation; Rural conditions; Civilization; Economic conditions
Work titles: La muralla verde (Motion picture : [1970?]). 35 mm
Description: Based on filmmaker Armando Robles Godoy's own experiences home-steading in the Peruvian jungle, The Green Wall reflects on the satisfactions and perils of life off the grid. A father and former office worker leaves the city of Lima with his small family and enlists himself in a government program to colonize the Peruvian jungle. He is given a large tract of land in the wilderness, where he clears the rich soil and grows coffee. As the weeks pass he builds a simple bamboo home for his wife and his small boy with a veranda that overlooks a little stream. The boy loves the trickle of the flowing water, and builds his own toy city there out of blocks and pieces of tin, glass and string. The stream contains a waterwheel that tinkles against a glass jar. Its music is part of the soft murmur of the forest along with the bird calls, the sound of leaves brushing against each other and the coughs of the animals. The Green Wall is a visual poem about the life of a few intelligent, self-sufficient pioneers who understand and respect the land they are cultivating.
Notes: Running time 110 minutes, Cf. OCLC website, June 29th, 2011.

Harvard Film Archive audio tracks, HFA item nos. 12601; 13670; 15179; from the Brandon Film Library Collection.

Based on the novel by Omar Aramayo.

Year is the production date.

Writing, Omar Aramayo, Juan Cuadrosand; production, Manuel Yori; cinematographer, Mario Robles Godoy; editor, Atilio Rinaldi; music, Enrique Pinilla.

Julio Alemán, Sandra Riva, Raúl Martin, Lorena Duval, Enrique Victoria, Jorge Montoro.

The 1972 Chicago Film Festival honored this film with the Golden Hugo award and its special Critics' Prize.