Embrace of the Serpent

Cannes 2015
Director's Fortnight
Toronto 2015
Official Selection
Berlinale 2016
Sundance 2016
Oscars 2016 Nominee
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.

Cannes 2015
Director's Fortnight
Toronto 2015
Official Selection
Berlinale 2016
Sundance 2016
Oscars 2016 Nominee
Best Foreign Language Film

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