1560, Peru. In a beautiful poetic opening scene the conquistadors cross an Andes pass, situated between the peaks and the valleys, between conquered land and unexplored forests, between 'heaven' and 'earth', shrouded in mists, they make their way down a narrow path. Aguirre's meglomania grows as around him his comrades mutiny and die in his search for the lost city of El Dorado. Herzog's best film, an unforgetable tour de force. Made before the director himself gave in to meglomania on a later t find out more...

Harrison Ford in his most acclaimed role, that of eccentric inventor Ali Fox, who, despising western civilisation, takes his family off to live in the jungle of Central America. A misguided utopian and high idealist (read: raving lunatic) who is unwittingly a danger to those around him. A fine adaptation of Paul Theroux's novel. find out more...