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Embrace of the Serpent( 2015)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Nilbio Torres

      Karamakate (Young)

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      Antonio Bolívar

      Karamakate (Old)

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      Jan Bijvoet

      Theodor Koch-Grunberg

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      Brionne Davis

      Richard Evans Schultes

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      Yauenkü Miguee

      Manduca

    6. cast image

      Luigi Sciamanna

      The Missionary

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      Nicolás Cancino

      The Messiah

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      Pediwake Daniel Martínez

      Santiago

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      José Sabogal

      The Rubber Trapper

    Social

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    A review by Andres Gomez

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    Written by Andres Gomez on Fri Oct 23 2015
    Good and complete movie touching several topics at the same time; the destruction through the conquest of the native cultures and knowlege in America and the vital path of 4 different human beings. Ciro Guerra es smart to use black and white and the landscapes of the Amazonas to fill all the silences of the movie. The cast is quite good, specially the 2 actors performing Karamakate; Nibio Torres and Antonio Bolivar....

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    1400000.00

    Revenue

    1320005.00

    Keywords

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