The Secret of the Jungle

Description

Nine-year-old Elisabeth returns for summer vacation to her family living at a research station in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, as her father works there as a cartographer and jungle expert. Shortly after her arrival, her father falls from a ladder and needs treatment, so her mother must take him to the hospital. Elisabeth offers to take care of her little and very restless brother Leo in the meantime. However, she finds this quite boring and prefers to have her nose buried in a book. When she finally looks around, she realizes that Leo has wandered off into the jungle. She must find him and bring him home before their parents return. Thus begins her adventurous journey through the mysterious and unknown jungle. Along the way, she overcomes her fear, finds her brother, and meets a new friend. Together, the children manage to outsmart a trio of dangerous poachers who are capturing rare species in the rainforest. They reach the mystical Devil's Mountain, where members of a mysterious tribe help them in their fight against the poachers, along with their new animal companion Fluffy, who belongs to a yet undiscovered species of jungle inhabitants. (CinemArt)