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Embrace of the Serpent
A poetic and haunting journey into a lost world.
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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Checked Jul 24, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Embrace of the Serpent
Cast
Nilbio TorresKaramakate (Young)
Antonio BolívarKaramakate (Old)
Jan BijvoetTheodor Koch-Grunberg
Brionne DavisRichard Evans Schultes
Luigi SciamannaThe MissionaryCredits
- Directed by
- Ciro Guerra
- Written by
- Ciro Guerra, Jacques Toulemonde
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Spanish
- Original title
- El abrazo de la serpiente
- Budget
- $1.4M
- Box office
- $1.3M
Production
- Nortesur Producciones
- Buffalo FilmsArgentina
Caracol TelevisiónColombia
Ciudad LunarColombia- MC Producciones
Dago García ProduccionesColombia
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