Movie · 125 min · 7 · act, drm
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.
Where to watch Embrace of the Serpent
Available on 1 platforms across 2 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 2 countries, best placed at #285 in Argentina.
Chart history
Embrace of the Serpent has spent 0 days in a top 3, 1 days in a top 10 and 12 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #8.
Cast
Nilbio Torres, Antonio Bolívar, Jan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis, Yauenkü Miguee, Luigi Sciamanna, Nicolás Cancino, Pediwake Daniel Martínez, José Sabogal
Crew
Ciro Guerra (director,writer), Jacques Toulemonde (writer), Cristina Gallego (producer)
Awards
1 wins from 4 nominations.
- Alfred P. Sloan Prize 2016 — won
- International Submission to the Academy Awards 2016 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best International Feature Film 2016 — nominated
- IFFR audience award 2016 — nominated