

Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
A poetic and haunting journey into a lost world.
537 votes on TMDBReleased May 25, 2015Runtime 2h 5mDirector Ciro Guerra
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.
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Cast of Embrace of the Serpent

Nilbio Torres
Karamakate (Young)
Antonio Bolívar
Karamakate (Old)
Jan Bijvoet
Theodor Koch-Grunberg
Brionne Davis
Richard Evans Schultes
Luigi Sciamanna
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Who stars in Embrace of the Serpent?
Embrace of the Serpent stars Nilbio Torres, Antonio Bolívar, Jan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis, Yauenkü Miguee.
Who directed Embrace of the Serpent?
Embrace of the Serpent was directed by Ciro Guerra.
How long is Embrace of the Serpent?
Embrace of the Serpent has a runtime of 2h 5m.
What is Embrace of the Serpent about?
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.
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