Embrace of the Serpent
2015
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.
Director:
Ciro Guerra
Writers:
Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra, Theodor Koch-Grünberg
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 46 wins & 32 nominations total
Production:
Ciro Guerra
Country:
Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Spain, Netherlands
