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Embrace of the Serpent

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In the early 1900s, a young shaman (Nilbio Torres) in the Colombian Amazon helps two scientists who work together over the course of 40 years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.
Actors: Jan Bijvoet,
Jan Bijvoet
Jan Bijvoet 28 December 1966, Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium
Nicolás Cancino,
Nicolás Cancino
Nicolás Cancino
Luigi Sciamanna,
Luigi Sciamanna
Luigi Sciamanna
Nilbio Torres,
Nilbio Torres
Nilbio Torres
Brionne Davis,
Brionne Davis
Brionne Davis
Antonio Bolivar,
Antonio Bolivar
Antonio Bolivar
Yauenkü Migue
Yauenkü Migue
Yauenkü Migue
Genre: AdventureHistoryDrama
Director: Ciro Guerra
Ciro Guerra
Ciro Guerra 6 February 1981, Río de Oro, Cesar, Colombia
Release: 2015
IMDb: 7.8
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Duration: 125 min
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Sight and Sound
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December 09, 2016

A film that honours the mysteries and majesty of a lost world.
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Detroit News
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April 22, 2016

It is gripping, challenging, engrossing stuff, beginning to end. Seriously, what a film.
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Boston Globe
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March 10, 2016

Though some of the concepts may be New Age boilerplate, the film's images linger; especially that of the river, the snake devouring us all.
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Movie Habit
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December 12, 2016

I suppose, then, that it's possible to characterize Embrace of the Serpent, which seems aimed at western audiences, as an instructive and necessary act of trespass.
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Film Ireland Magazine
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January 03, 2017

While the naturalistic storytelling and imagery is fantastic on a surface level, the finer points of the narrative require a fearless and deeply inquisitive traveller to fully appreciate, something which this reviewer cannot claim to be.
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Time Out
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June 09, 2016

Unique and intoxicating, an art movie that grips like a thriller.
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San Diego Reader
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March 10, 2016

[Karamakate is] a frankly great character in a thoroughly gripping film.
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Financial Times
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December 27, 2016

Embrace of the Serpent is a mystical movie missile from Colombia. It's ballistic, balletic, sometimes brilliant.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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March 31, 2016

The film moves into psychedelic and violent territory, creating a perspective that is equally unreal and unforgettable.
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Columbus Alive
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December 30, 2016

It's both a challenging and engulfing movie-going experience -- a true journey on multiple levels. And it's definitely one that should be seen on the big screen.
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Chicago Reader
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March 10, 2016

This stunning historical drama, shot mainly in black and white across the Amazon region of Colombia, focuses on a shaman who's approached at different points by white men seeking medicinal substances.
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