Embrace of the Serpent
“A poetic and haunting journey into a lost world.”
2015•2h 5m•7.7•Released
DramaAdventure
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
Writer
Jacques Toulemonde, Ciro Guerra
Budget
$1M
Revenue
$1M
Languages
Catalan, German, Latin
Studio
Nortesur Producciones
Cast
Nilbio Torres
Karamakate (Young)
Antonio Bolívar
Karamakate (Old)
Jan Bijvoet
Theodor Koch-Grunberg
Brionne Davis
Richard Evans Schultes
Yauenkü Miguee
Manduca
Luigi Sciamanna
The Missionary
Nicolás Cancino
The Messiah
Pediwake Daniel Martínez
Santiago
José Sabogal
The Rubber Trapper
Production
Company
Nortesur Producciones
Company
Buffalo Films
Company
Caracol Televisión
Company
Ciudad Lunar
Company
MC Producciones
Company
Dago García Producciones
Producer
Cristina Gallego
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