Movie·2015·2h 5m
Embrace of the Serpent
A poetic and haunting journey into a lost world.
Country
Argentina
Language
Catalan
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The Story
Original title: El abrazo de la serpiente
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.
Written By
Jacques Toulemonde
Producer
Marcelo Céspedes, Raúl Bravo
Cinematography
David Gallego
Music
Nascuy Linares
Editor
Etienne Boussac
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Where to watch
Region: US
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Cast
Nilbio Torres
Karamakate (Young)
Antonio Bolívar
Karamakate (Old)
Jan Bijvoet
Theodor Koch-Grunberg
Brionne Davis
Richard Evans Schultes
Yauenkü Miguee
Manduca
Luigi Sciamanna
The Missionary
Nicolás Cancino
The Messiah
Pediwake Daniel Martínez
Santiago
José Sabogal
The Rubber Trapper
// crew
Crew
Marcelo Céspedes
Executive Producer
Raúl Bravo
Executive Producer
Hori Mentasti
Executive Producer
Jacques Toulemonde
Writer
Etienne Boussac
Editor
Ciro Guerra
Director, Writer
Cristina Gallego
Producer
David Gallego
Director of Photography
Nascuy Linares
Original Music Composer
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