Good and complete movie touching several topics at the same time; the destruction through the con...
Embrace of the Serpent
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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Embrace of the Serpent
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
May 25, 2015
Runtime
2h 5m
Genres
Drama, Adventure
User Score
77%
Original Title
El abrazo de la serpiente
Production Companies
Nortesur Producciones, Buffalo Films, Caracol Televisión, Ciudad Lunar, MC Producciones, Dago García Producciones
Director
Ciro Guerra
Budget
$1,400,000
Revenue
$1,320,005
Description
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.
