Embrace of the Serpent

2015 · 125 min · ES · 7.7 (421 votes)

Dir. Ciro Guerra · Starring Nilbio Torres, Antonio Bolívar, Jan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis, Yauenkü Miguee, Luigi Sciamanna · Music Nascuy Linares

“A poetic and haunting journey into a lost world.”

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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 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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A profound, visually stunning journey into the heart of the Amazon. It feels ancient, spiritual, and deeply melancholic, exploring the clash of cultures and the enduring power of nature. A truly contemplative and haunting experience.

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