Embrace of the Serpent

2016 • 124 minutes

About this movie

Academy award nominee for best foreign language film Embrace of the Serpent centres on Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and the last survivor of his people, and the two scientists who, over the course of 40 years, build a friendship with him. The film was inspired by the real-life journals of two explorers (Theodor Koch-Grünberg and Richard Evans Schultes) who traveled through the Colombian Amazon during the last century in search of the sacred Yakruna plant.

Ratings and reviews

What a beatiful story. It really makes you want to embrace our past, to listen to our surrondings and to discover the beauty of the Amazons.

Beautifully made exploration of what is lost to us,I think. Difficult to fully comprehend but engaging . Stunning visuals.

Brilliant movie, watch if you like that kind of thing