Les Enfants perdus: 40 jours dans la jungle

I rated it a 10.

My husband said, "it was ok", but I thought it had several outstanding factors:

1). It was a TRUE story. I get so frustrated with "based on a true story" because you actually don't know what was actually true or not. This was downright true.

2) it actually had the REAL people, giving real commentary.

3) it used real footage

4). The jungle looked absolutely amazing (though a few too many spider/ant shots. Puts me right off.)

5) a bit of a glimpse into indigenous culture, which has always fascinated me

6) it's a wonderful story about very different people being brought together for a reason of good, working together, and learning to respect and appreciate each other.

7). It had a happy ending.

The biggest reason for the 10, though, is that it was REAL.

There isn't much of that in today's world.

You might say, "well ENTERTAIMENT" isn't supposed to BE real. It's supposed to provide an ESCAPE from reality."

But, actually, sometimes it's quite nice to know that REALITY is sometimes wonderful enough that one doesn't NEED to escape from it.

If you know what I mean. :-)

True account of four children surviving a plane crash that killed all the adults including their mother. The crash happen in the Amazon jungle and I can't imagine a worse place except maybe high up on a snowy mountain. The children leave the wreck and start walking. The Colombian government sends huge helicopters full of soldiers to try and find the children. The indigenous people send another group of volunteers. Meanwhile there are rebels inhabiting the jungle and the other two groups needed to stay away from them. We see mostly the two groups search under horrible conditions. Most of it is actual footage from the search and actual searchers telling their own accounts with some re-enactments. The sheer will it took to spend 40 days under these conditions, speaks to the resilience of the both the searchers and even more amazingly, the children. Well made documentary.

I loved how in this doco, a lot of issue were addressed from the accident to the ongoing problems in Colombia. The fact the the indigenous people and the Colombian army were working together was amazing. I'm so so happy the forth children are alive and together. I only hope the best of best for them. My heart roots for them. And thank you so much for everyone that was part of this amazing operation hope. I wish all the was issue of my country will one day cease. I hope for the vulnerable communities, to be safe, to be protected and helped in every way possible. As someone mentioned in the doco, we all have indigenous blood in our body. We need to care and helps each other.

This is my first attempt at writing a review, driven by the profound impact of a documentary that has left an indelible mark on my soul. Each moment within it feels like a poignant whisper, a testament to the resilience and spirit of humanity rarely encountered. I cannot recall witnessing a story as gripping and full of compassion as that of these children and their rescuers, bound together by a connection that seems to transcend both time and space.

The narrative unfolds like a dance, where an entire community, as though moving with one heartbeat, joins in a search infused with hope. In this unity, the precision of technology and military expertise intertwine with the ancient wisdom of indigenous peoples. At the heart of this fusion, the spirituality and shamanism of native cultures elevate every act to an almost supernatural plane, as though nature herself extends invisible hands to guide them.

This documentary reminds us of the immense force of Mother Nature, that we are part of her vast tapestry and that within her we find both humility and the purest knowledge. In attuning ourselves to her primal rhythms, through instinct and intuition, we experience the reverence of being, in the deepest sense, children of the earth. To her, we owe all that we are-our very existence and our understanding.

May this story remain as an everlasting reminder of our essence. May it gently yet firmly recall us to our origins, to the truth that we come from the earth and to the earth we shall return, all the while belonging to a greater consciousness that enfolds and transcends us.

This is a story about the rescue operation for the Colombian children how got lost after the plane crash in the Amazone forest.

But it tells another relevant story, the story of the indigenous people. And how they were treated for decades. A story about how unbelievable and important their knowledge of the jungle is. And that is would be impossible to find the children without that knowledge.

It even raises the question if the children wanted to be found by the soldiers who were looking for them, because of the past and because of themselves being indigenous.

This is a relevant documentary which shows you how important it is to keep our bond with nature and that true knowledge goes so much deeper than the knowledge we have in our western society and which we think is superior, because it is not.

Go see it!