Embrace Of The Serpent
Filmfest 2015
(El Abrazo De La Serpiente)
(EL ABRAZO DE LA SERPIENTE)
Colombia 2015
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: Cohiuano, Cubeo, German, Huitoto, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Tikuna, Wanano)
German Premiere
Director: Ciro Guerra
Section: CineMasters
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.
Cast: Jan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis, Nilbio Torres, Antonio Bolívar, Yauenkü Miguee
Credits
Screenplay: Ciro Guerra, Jaques Toulemonde
Director of Photography: David Gallego
Film Editor: Etienne Boussac, Cristina Gallego
Composer: Nascuy Linares
Production Designer: Angélica Perea
Sound: Marco Salaverría
Producer: Cristina Gallego
Co-Producer: Raíl Bravo, Marcelo Cespedes, Horacio Mentasti
Production Company: Ciudad Lunar
Co-Production Company: NorteSur, MC Producciones, Buffalo Films
World Sales: Films Boutique GmbH
Director: Ciro Guerra