Embrace of The Serpent
– The epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-transcendin..
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.
25 May 2015
Spanish, Portuguese, Aboriginal, German, Catalan, Latin, English
The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 46 wins & 30 nominations.
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