Embrace of the Serpent
Original title: El abrazo de la serpiente
“A poetic and haunting journey into a lost world.”
7.7/ 10IMDb7.8522
20152h 5m
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
- NNilbio Torres
- AAntonio Bolívar
- JJan Bijvoet
- BBrionne Davis
- YYauenkü Miguee
- LLuigi Sciamanna
- NNicolás Cancino
- PPediwake Daniel Martínez
- JJosé Sabogal
Crew
- Director
- Ciro Guerra
- Writers
- Jacques Toulemonde, Ciro Guerra
- Producers
- Marcelo Céspedes, Raúl Bravo, Hori Mentasti, Cristina Gallego
- Production
- Nortesur Producciones, Buffalo Films, Caracol Televisión, Ciudad Lunar, MC Producciones
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Frequently asked questions
What is Embrace of the Serpent rated?
Embrace of the Serpent has an audience rating of 7.7 out of 10 from 522 votes.
Who directed Embrace of the Serpent?
Embrace of the Serpent was directed by Ciro Guerra.
When was Embrace of the Serpent released?
Embrace of the Serpent was released in 2015.