Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $1,400,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $1,320,005.00 |
| Original Language | es |
| Popularity | 2.2775 |
Directed By
Ciro Guerra
Crew
Raúl Bravo
Marcelo Céspedes
Jose David Corredor
César Rodríguez
Hori Mentasti
Ciro Guerra
Ciro Guerra
Jacques Toulemonde
Etienne Boussac
Gustavo Moyano
Angélica Perea
Cristina Gallego
Esteban Mentasti
Nascuy Linares
David Gallego
Ramses Benjumea
Angélica Perea
Alejandro Franco
Catherine Rodríguez
Alirio Cruz
Nerina Valido
Carlos García
Carlos García
Marco Salaverría
Marco Salaverría
Huver González
Andrés Barrientos
Andres Cordoba
Liliana Merizalde
Ana María Jauregui
Geraldine Vargas
Giovanni Barrios
Andre Gains
TOP 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
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