Embrace of the Serpent

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 25, 2015

Original language

Spanish

Spoken languages

Catalan, German, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish

Countries

Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela

Production

Nortesur Producciones,Buffalo Films,Caracol Televisión,Ciudad Lunar,MC Producciones,Dago García Producciones

Cast

Nilbio Torres,Antonio Bolívar,Jan Bijvoet,Brionne Davis,Yauenkü Miguee,Luigi Sciamanna,Nicolás Cancino,Pediwake Daniel Martínez,José Sabogal

Director

Ciro Guerra

Writer

Jacques Toulemonde,Ciro Guerra

Producer

Marcelo Céspedes,Raúl Bravo,Hori Mentasti,Cristina Gallego

Cinematography

David Gallego

Music

Nascuy Linares

Budget

$1,400,000

Revenue

$1,320,005

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt4285496