Jungle Rudy

Directed by Rob Smits

In 1928, Rudolf Truffino was born as the third son of a banker in The Hague of Italian origin. At a young age he decides to leave his family and motherland for good to venture into the Venezuelan jungle. Rudy puts places on the map where no man had ever been before and guides scientific expeditions. Rudy becomes a well-known person under the name 'Jungle Rudy' and starts a family in the middle of the jungle. He receives celebrity guests at his camp, 'Ucaima'. More than ten years after 'Jungle Rudy' died, his daughters still wonder what to do. Should they continue the dream of their legendary father or should they return to civilization?