Embrace of the Serpent

Embrace of the Serpent

2015
2h 5m
7.7

7.7/10

539 votes • View on IMDb
Drama Adventure

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

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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $1,400,000

Revenue: $1,320,005

Language: ES

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Production Information

Production Companies
Nortesur Producciones Buffalo Films Caracol Televisión Ciudad Lunar MC Producciones Dago García Producciones
Production Countries
Argentina Colombia Venezuela
Spoken Languages
Catalan German Latin Portuguese Spanish

Keywords

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

Quick Facts

Original Title El abrazo de la serpiente
Release Date May 25, 2015
Status Released
Language ES
IMDb ID tt4285496
Website Visit Site

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

Yauenkü Miguee
Yauenkü Miguee

Manduca

Luigi Sciamanna
Luigi Sciamanna

The Missionary

Nicolás Cancino
Nicolás Cancino

The Messiah

Pediwake Daniel Martínez
Pediwake Daniel Martínez

Santiago

José Sabogal
José Sabogal

The Rubber Trapper

Daniel Martínez Pediwake
Daniel Martínez Pediwake

Santiago

Marcilio Paiva
Marcilio Paiva

Tuschaua

Marisel Mosquera
Marisel Mosquera

Mujer Pueblo Cohiuano

Key Crew

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