Embrace of the Serpent
2015 · directed by Ciro Guerra
- Rating
- 82/100
- Hit
- yes
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.
Embrace of the Serpent (2015), directed by Ciro Guerra, rates 82/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Nilbio Torres
- Antonio Bolívar
- Jan Bijvoet
- Brionne Davis
- Yauenkü Miguee
- Luigi Sciamanna
- Nicolás Cancino
- Pediwake Daniel Martínez
- José Sabogal
Crew
- David Gallego — Director of Photography
- Etienne Boussac — Editor
- Nascuy Linares — Original Music Composer
- Ciro Guerra — Writer
- Jacques Toulemonde — Writer
More from Ciro Guerra
- Birds of Passage (2018) — 80/100 · hit
- Waiting for the Barbarians (2020) — 57/100
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