Death In The Garden

Fleeing a repressive regime, a group of misfits from an Amazonian diamond field make their way through the jungle. Led by Marchal, a prospector who has escaped from jail, the travelers include prostitute Signoret, priest Piccoli, miner Vanel, and his deaf-mute daughter, Girardon. As the journey grows more difficult, the travelers begin to shed their individual preoccupations and become better people. Even the priest stops spouting dogma and tears up his prayer book to light a fire. Then they stumble across a crashed airliner, and while looting the plane for food and money they revert to their old selves. Vanel goes crazy and sees himself as the wrath of God, shooti...