Against the Current

In response to a minor emotional crisis a young somewhat naive American man runs off to South America on a fool-hearty journey to find himself. Over the course of several months he wanders from the beaches and festival cities on the coast of Brazil to the dead center middle of the Amazon jungle. Along the way he encounters a great variety of people from all walks of life: backpackersbumscon-artists scoundrels prostitutes cops criminals artists entrepreneurs anti-American extremists pro-American patriots and of course a few very beautiful women. Unfortunately he also becomes accidentally involved in drug smuggling and several people end up dead. Will the young hero succeed in finding himself during his epic journey? Or will the crazy fool's reckless adventure end in total disaster?