Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, dwells deep in the jungle in voluntary isolation. His life is shaken with the arrival of an American ethnobotanist in search of a sacred plant. Together they embark on a journey into the heart of the Amazon in which past, present and future are intertwined, and in which Karamakate will slowly begin to regain his lost memories. Inspired by the journals of explorers Theodor Koch-Grunberg and Richard Evans Schultes.
Winner of the CICAE (Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d’Art et d’Essai) award at the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival.
El Abrazo de la Serpiente
2015
16 years
125 min.
Fiction
Colombia
Colorido, P&B
Ciro Guerra
Ciro Guerra, Jacques Toulemonde
David Gallego
Etienne Boussac, Cristina Gallego
Nilbio Torres, Antonio Bolívar, Yauenkü Miguee, Jan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis
Cristina Gallego
Ciudad Lunar
Nascuy Linares
Films Boutique
Esfera
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