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A shaman who's the sole survivor of his tribe takes two explorers on different quests, 40 years apart, in search of a sacred healing plant in the Colombian Amazon. Directed by Ciro Guerra.
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Disc 1
BD
Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
125 min
AdventureDrama
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.
Credits
Director
Ciro Guerra
Writer
Jacques Toulemonde
Ciro Guerra
Cast
Nilbio Torresas Karamakate (Young)
Antonio Bolívaras Karamakate (Old)
Jan Bijvoetas Theodor Koch-Grunberg
Brionne Davisas Richard Evans Schultes
Yauenkü Migueeas Manduca
Luigi Sciamannaas The Missionary
Nicolás Cancinoas The Messiah
Pediwake Daniel Martínezas Santiago
José Sabogalas The Rubber Trapper
Cinematographer
David Gallego
Composer
Nascuy Linares
Editor
Etienne Boussac
Producer
Cristina Gallego
Release Details
- Packaging
- Blu-ray Case
Images
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- June 23, 2026