Embrace of the Serpent
Director's Fortnight
Official Selection
Best Foreign Language Film
Embrace of the Serpent
A Film by Ciro Guerra
2015 - Colombia - Adventure/Drama - 2.35 DCP - 122 min.
with Jan Bijvoet , Nilbio Torres , Antonio Bolívar , Yauenkü Miguee & Brionne Davis
Language: Spanish
Produced by Cristina Gallego
A tale of the first encounter, approach, betrayal and life-transcending friendship between an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, and two explorers that become the first men to travel the Northwest Amazon in search of ancestral knowledge.
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