Embrace of the Serpent
A poetic and haunting journey into a lost world.
A poetic and haunting journey into a lost world.
Adventure, Drama
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2015
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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.
Director:
Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
NOT RATED
Runtime:
125 min
Release date:
25 May 2015
Country:
AR, CO, VE
Languages:
Catalan, German, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish
Budget:
$1,400,000
Revenue:
$1,320,005
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 46 wins & 30 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
This stunning historical drama, shot mainly in black and white across the Amazon region of Colombia, focuses on a shaman who's approached at different points by white men seeking medicinal substances.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
10 Mar 2016
fresh:
[Karamakate is] a frankly great character in a thoroughly gripping film.
– Matthew Lickona,
San Diego Reader,
10 Mar 2016
fresh:
The film moves into psychedelic and violent territory, creating a perspective that is equally unreal and unforgettable.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
31 Mar 2016
fresh:
It is gripping, challenging, engrossing stuff, beginning to end. Seriously, what a film.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
22 Apr 2016
fresh:
Unique and intoxicating, an art movie that grips like a thriller.
– Tom Huddleston,
Time Out,
9 Jun 2016