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Embrace of the serpent

Embrace of the serpent

DVD 2016

The film centers 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 Greenberg and Richard Evans Schultes) who traveled through the Colombian Amazon during the last century in search of the sacred and difficult-to-find psychedelic Yakruna plant.

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Foreign films
Friendship Colombia Amazonas (Department) Fiction
Karamakate Fiction
Koch-Grünberg, Theodor, 1872-1924 Fiction
Schultes, Richard Evans Fiction
Scientists Colombia Amazonas (Department) Fiction
Shamans Colombia Amazonas (Department) Fiction
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ISBN:
9786316435323
Description:
1 videodisc (125 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1
video file DVD video region 1
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: Not rated
Other Title:
Original title: Abrazo de la serpiente
Notes:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015
Title from container
Director of photography, David Gallego ; editors, Etienne Boussac & Cristina Gallego ; music, Nascuy Linares
Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolivar
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1
For private home use only
Spanish, English, German, Latin, Portuguese, Huitoto, Okaina, Tikuna, Wanano, with English subtitles
2016 Academy Award nominee, Best Foreign Language Film
Control Number:
1641941
UPC:
857490005233
Other Authors:
Bijvoet, Jan, 1966- actor
Bolivar, Antonio (Actor), actor
Guerra, Ciro, 1981- film director, screenwriter
Oscilloscope Laboratories (Firm), publisher
Torres, Nilbio, actor
Toulemonde Vidal, Jacques, screenwriter
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