CinemaOSMovie · 2015 · 2h 5m
Embrace of the Serpent

A poetic and haunting journey into a lost world.

77%(536)IMDbDramaAdventure

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.

Directed byCiro Guerra

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 5m
Language
ES
Released
May 25, 2015
Budget
$1,400,000
Revenue
$1,320,005
Studios
Caracol TelevisiónCiudad LunarDago García Producciones

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1 video
International Trailer

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Featuring

Cast & crew

9 credited
Starring
Nilbio Torres

Nilbio Torres

Karamakate (Young)

Antonio Bolívar

Antonio Bolívar

Karamakate (Old)

Jan Bijvoet

Jan Bijvoet

Theodor Koch-Grunberg

Brionne Davis

Brionne Davis

Richard Evans Schultes

Yauenkü Miguee

Manduca

Luigi Sciamanna

Luigi Sciamanna

The Missionary

Nicolás Cancino

The Messiah

Pediwake Daniel Martínez

Santiago

José Sabogal

The Rubber Trapper

Creative team
Directed by
Ciro Guerra
Ciro Guerra
Written by
Jacques Toulemonde
Jacques Toulemonde
Ciro Guerra
Ciro Guerra
Produced by
Cristina Gallego
Cristina Gallego

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