Poster for the movie Embrace of the Serpent

Embrace of the Serpent

2015 • 125 minutes
DramaAdventure

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.

Picture of Nilbio Torres

Nilbio Torres

Karamakate (Young)

Picture of Antonio Bolívar

Antonio Bolívar

Karamakate (Old)

Picture of Jan Bijvoet

Jan Bijvoet

Theodor Koch-Grunberg

Picture of Brionne Davis

Brionne Davis

Richard Evans Schultes

Picture of Yauenkü Miguee

Yauenkü Miguee

Manduca

Picture of Luigi Sciamanna

Luigi Sciamanna

The Missionary

Picture of Nicolás Cancino

Nicolás Cancino

The Messiah

Picture of Pediwake Daniel Martínez

Pediwake Daniel Martínez

Santiago

Picture of José Sabogal

José Sabogal

The Rubber Trapper