Embrace of the Serpent
The epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-transcending friendship, betwee...
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.
Jan Bijvoet
Brionne Davis
Hori Mentasti
Nilbio Torres
Antonio Bolívar
Luigi Sciamanna
Genres: Adventure, Drama
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.
Cast
Jan Bijvoet
Theodor Koch-Grunberg
Brionne Davis
Richard Evans Schultes
Hori Mentasti
Executive Producer
Nilbio Torres
Karamakate (Young)
Antonio Bolívar
Karamakate (Old)
Yauenkü Miguee
Manduca
Luigi Sciamanna
The Missionary
Nicolás Cancino
The Messiah
Pediwake Daniel Martínez
Santiago
José Sabogal
The Rubber Trapper
Raúl Bravo
Executive Producer
Marcelo Céspedes
Executive Producer
Ciro Guerra
Director
Jacques Toulemonde
Writer