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Embrace of the Serpent

2015 · 2h 5m · Drama · Adventure

A poetic and haunting journey into a lost world.

IMDb
7.8
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
Metacritic
82

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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.

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Cast

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

Crew

Media

Details

Release date
May 25, 2015
Status
Released
Original language
Spanish
Runtime
2h 5m
Rated
15
Budget
$1,400,000
Revenue
$1,320,005
Genres
Drama, Adventure

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