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Embrace of the Serpent

Embrace of the Serpent

A poetic and haunting journey into a lost world.

20157.72h 5m

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.

Directed by Ciro Guerra
Written by Jacques Toulemonde, Ciro Guerra
Produced by Cristina Gallego
Box OfficeBudget: $1.4MRevenue: $1.3M

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Top Cast

Nilbio Torres

Nilbio Torres

Karamakate (Young)

Antonio Bolívar

Antonio Bolívar

Karamakate (Old)

Jan Bijvoet

Jan Bijvoet

Theodor Koch-Grunberg

Brionne Davis

Brionne Davis

Richard Evans Schultes

Y

Yauenkü Miguee

Manduca

Luigi Sciamanna

Luigi Sciamanna

The Missionary

N

Nicolás Cancino

The Messiah

P

Pediwake Daniel Martínez

Santiago

J

José Sabogal

The Rubber Trapper

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Themes & Keywords

indigenousreligious conversionamazon rainforestbased on true storyspiritualitycolonisationreligious fundamentalismnaturecolonialismamazon tribeindigenous peopleschamanismo

About Embrace of the Serpent

Embrace of the Serpent is a drama, adventure film released in 2015 exploring themes of indigenous, religious conversion, amazon rainforest, based on true story, spirituality, colonisation. Directed by Ciro Guerra, it stars Nilbio Torres, Antonio Bolívar, Jan Bijvoet. 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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