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Embrace of the Serpent (2015)

"A poetic and haunting journey into a lost world."

7.7/10 2h 5m May 25, 2015
Drama Adventure

The epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-transcending friendship, between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, and two scientists that, over the course of 40 years, travel through the Amazon in search of a sacred plant that can heal them. Inspired by the journals of the first explorers of the Colombian Amazon, Theodor Koch-Grunberg and Richard Evans Schultes.

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Movie Details

Original Title El abrazo de la serpiente
Original Language ES
Budget $1,400,000
Revenue $1,320,005
Status Released
Popularity 0.8

Cast

Nilbio Torres
Nilbio Torres
Karamakate (Young)
Popularity: 0.1
Antonio Bolívar
Antonio Bolívar
Karamakate (Old)
Popularity: 0.1
Jan Bijvoet
Jan Bijvoet
Theodor Koch-Grunberg
Popularity: 0.5
Brionne Davis
Brionne Davis
Richard Evans Schultes
Popularity: 0.2
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Yauenkü Miguee
Manduca
Popularity: 0.1
Luigi Sciamanna
Luigi Sciamanna
The Missionary
Popularity: 0.0
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Nicolás Cancino
The Messiah
Popularity: 0.3
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Pediwake Daniel Martínez
Santiago
Popularity: 0.1
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José Sabogal
The Rubber Trapper
Popularity: 0.1

Key Crew

Executive Producer Marcelo Céspedes, Raúl Bravo, Hori Mentasti
Writer Jacques Toulemonde, Ciro Guerra
Editor Etienne Boussac
Director Ciro Guerra
Producer Cristina Gallego

Production

Nortesur Producciones
Buffalo Films
AR
Caracol Televisión
CO
Ciudad Lunar
CO
MC Producciones
Dago García Producciones
CO

Videos & Trailers

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Keywords

indigenous religious conversion amazon rainforest based on true story spirituality colonisation religious fundamentalism nature colonialism amazon tribe indigenous peoples chamanismo

Reviews from TMDB

Andres Gomez 8/10
Oct 23, 2015

Good and complete movie touching several topics at the same time; the destruction through the conquest of the native cultures and knowlege in America and the vital path of 4 different human beings. Ciro Guerra es smart to use black and white and the landscapes of the Amazonas to fill all the sile ... Read more

Reno 8/10
Jul 4, 2016

> In any world, the history keeps repeating itself. It is one of the last films to I watch from the 2016 Oscars nominees. It was a Colombian production that represented the country in the 88th American Academy Awards. It had all the qualities to win that major international award, but lost the be ... Read more

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Details
Release Date May 25, 2015
Runtime 2h 5m
Budget $1,400,000
Revenue $1,320,005
Language ES
Status Released
Popularity 0.8
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