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.| Original Title: | El abrazo de la serpiente |
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| Status: | Released (2015-05-25) |
| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 46 wins & 32 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $1,329,249 |
| Screen: | Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra, Theodor Koch-Grünberg |
| Productions: | Nortesur Producciones, Buffalo Films, Caracol Televisión, Ciudad Lunar, MC Producciones, Dago García Producciones |
| Production Countries: | Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela |
| Spoken Languages: | Català, Deutsch, Latin, Português, Español |
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Casts
- 1457444: Nilbio Torres - Karamakate (Young)
- 1457445: Antonio Bolívar - Karamakate (Old)
- 1106964: Jan Bijvoet - Theodor Koch-Grunberg
- 1088611: Brionne Davis - Richard Evans Schultes
- 1457447: Yauenkü Miguee - Manduca
- 937729: Luigi Sciamanna - The Missionary
- 1457446: Nicolás Cancino - The Messiah
Crews
- 1571001: Jose David Corredor - Production Coordinator - Production
- 1949339: Marcelo Céspedes - Executive Producer - Production
- 2520682: César Rodríguez - Production Manager - Production
- 1570999: Raúl Bravo - Executive Producer - Production
- 2166536: Hori Mentasti - Executive Producer - Production
- 1457440: Jacques Toulemonde - Writer - Writing
- 1347122: Etienne Boussac - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
Andres Gomez
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Good and complete movie touching several topics at the same time; the destruction through the conquest of the native cultures and knowlege in America and the vital path of 4 different human beings. Ciro Guerra es smart to use black and white and the landscapes of the Amazonas to f ....
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> In any world, the history keeps repeating itself. It is one of the last films to I watch from the 2016 Oscars nominees. It was a Colombian production that represented the country in the 88th American Academy Awards. It had all the qualities to win that major international award, ....
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