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. … Read more
93% ★★★★★ (66,152)
Embrace of the Serpent
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Movie · Drama · Adventure
2015 · 2h 5m · ★ 93% (66K)
A poetic and haunting journey into a lost world.
Director: Ciro Guerra
Starring: Nilbio Torres, Antonio Bolívar, Jan Bijvoet
Overview
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.
Director
Ciro Guerra
Production
Nortesur Producciones, Buffalo Films, Caracol Televisión, Ciudad Lunar, MC Producciones, Dago García Producciones
Cast
Nilbio Torres, Antonio Bolívar, Jan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis, Yauenkü Miguee, Luigi Sciamanna, Nicolás Cancino, Pediwake Daniel Martínez, José Sabogal