Embrace of the Serpent
1NomDirected by Ciro Guerra
Synopsis
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.
Awards
Details
- Released
- 25 May 2015
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Director
- Ciro Guerra
- Writers
- Jacques Toulemonde, Ciro Guerra
- Budget
- $1,400,000
- Box office
- $1,320,005
- Countries
- Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela
- Languages
- Catalan, German, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish
- Production
- Nortesur Producciones, Buffalo Films, Caracol Televisión, Ciudad Lunar, MC Producciones, Dago García Producciones
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Cast
Nilbio Torres
Antonio Bolívar
Jan Bijvoet
Brionne Davis- YYauenkü Miguee
Luigi Sciamanna- NNicolás Cancino
- PPediwake Daniel Martínez
- JJosé Sabogal