Embrace of the Serpent

About Embrace of the Serpent

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-Gr…

Ciro Guerra's Embrace of the Serpent is a 2015 adventure drama film. At 125 minutes long, it arrived in May 2015.

Its themes are awestruck, nature, thoughtful, and amazon rainforest. The story is adapted from real events.

Nilbio Torres stars as Karamakate (Young), Antonio Bolívar as Karamakate (Old), Jan Bijvoet as Theodor Koch-Grunberg, and Brionne Davis as Richard Evans Schultes. The screenplay is by Ciro Guerra and Jacques Toulemonde. Produced by Caracol Televisión. American members can watch it on Cineverse Amazon Channel, Fandor Amazon Channel, and Night Flight Plus.

Avatar, Killers of the Flower Moon, and The Emerald Forest make useful companions to Embrace of the Serpent, all filed under indigenous. TMDB voters put it at 7.7 out of 10 across 531 votes.