PERU : FROM THE RIVER TO THE JUNGLE | France 5 | Les Routes de l'Impossible

Narcotraffickers and the Shining Path guerrilla group still cast a long shadow over the VRAEM river region and the tracks that run through it. Aboard an ancient truck, Pastor Ignacio is trying to convey a message of peace on every occasion that he can and all that despite the fatigue that builds up along the way. He struggles from one nightmare situation to another to harvest bananas in the valleys, assisted by Eder, a young orphan whom he has taken under his wing.

Others, like Marco and Angel, brave the hellish tracks of the Amazon rainforest to transport goods or help the Ashaninka Indians to promote cocoa over the growing of coca…