Embrace of the Serpent
Un viaje poético e inquietante a un mundo perdido.
Adventure, Drama| 2 h 5 min| Colombia
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Summary
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.
🎭 Genre
Adventure, Drama
⏱ Duration
2h 5min
📅 Year
2015
👥 Recommendations
59
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Reviews 59 people recommend it · top 4 by likes
El filme toca abiertamente un tema sensible para Latinoamérica, solo que desde un punto de vista pocas veces abordado: el encuentro entre culturas desde la mirada del nativo no occidentalizado!!🎞️🍿🙂
No te la pierdas
Preciosa película sobre las tribus indígenas del amazonas. Visualmente espectacular y con argumento simple pero lleno de conflictos y dilemas culturales, una gran película.
Karamakate, un chamán amazónico, trabaja con dos científicos por 40 años, buscando una planta curativa sagrada en la selva.
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CG
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Ciro Guerra
Nilbio Torres
Karamakate (Young)
Antonio Bolívar
Karamakate (Old)
Jan Bijvoet
Theodor Koch-Grunberg
Brionne Davis
Richard Evans Schultes
Yauenkü Miguee
Manduca
Luigi Sciamanna
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Tags & themes
AdventureDramaindigenousreligious conversionamazon rainforestbased on true storyspiritualitycolonisationreligious fundamentalismnaturecolonialismamazon tribeindigenous peopleschamanismo
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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...
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Embrace of the Serpent has a runtime of 2h 5min. It was released in 2015.
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Technical sheet
| Year | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Release date | May 25, 2015 |
| Director | Ciro Guerra |
| Runtime | 2 h 5 min |
| Country | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Language | English |
| Genres | Adventure · Drama |
| Cast | Nilbio Torres · Antonio Bolívar · Jan Bijvoet · Brionne Davis · Yauenkü Miguee · Luigi Sciamanna · Nicolás Cancino · Pediwake Daniel Martínez · José Sabogal |
| Production | Nortesur Producciones · Buffalo Films · Caracol Televisión · Ciudad Lunar · MC Producciones |
| IMDB | tt4285496 |
| Tagline | Un viaje poético e inquietante a un mundo perdido. |
Recommendations 59 people recommend it
El filme toca abiertamente un tema sensible para Latinoamérica, solo que desde un punto de vista pocas veces abordado: el encuentro entre culturas desde la mirada del nativo no occidentalizado!!🎞️🍿🙂