Embrace of the Serpent 2015 Movie

The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant. More details

Directors

Ciro Guerra

Cast

Nilbio Torres Antonio Bolivar Jan Bijvoet Brionne Davis

Tags

adventure drama shaman plant nonlinear timeline amazonian indian amazon forest scientist amazon river reference to the three wise men whipping graveyard amazon tribe amazon jungle female nudity female frontal nudity dream cannibalism cult leader hallucination vision jaguar male nudity male rear nudity bare chested male armless man parallel narrative color sequence fire campfire rubber illness reference to jesus christ magi violence priest catholic mission photograph grave rifle compass river pirogue boat jungle amazonia christianity reference to agnus dei catholic mass frenzy reference to an anaconda luggage throwing away luggage wristwatch throwing away a wristwatch record player recording listening to music reference to boston massachusetts warrior journey vagabond fear death spear fishing eating a raw fish reference to a plantation reference to slavery ant feeding someone bird calling steps dead body little boy vomiting flower burning a plant burning a flower burning a tree village swimming delirium caapi barefoot workshop of the gods gift subjective camera star hallucinogen search photographs during closing credits notebook rubber baron rubber tree healing explorer begins with text year 1909 spear blow dart gun loincloth native american reference to germany machete hammock animal laughter prologue scene during opening credits cave drawings book eyeglasses coca money yakruna camera memory mountain facial tattoo map lantern bare breasts singer singing song rain reflection in water reference to the milky way cross writing a letter one armed man theft boa constrictor voice over writing husband wife relationship reference to a colombian capuchin boy girl choir spanish reference to st. thomas aquinas reference to god latin murder crossing oneself fish as food reference to a peruvian food eating orphan year 1907 reference to a penis reference to semen murder of family disease story telling whipping a boy fleeing flashback flash forward knife oar human crucification religion secret community hood mask over face cigarette case reference to balthazar reference to melchior reference to the messiah suicide self flagellation reference to eden miracle sacred plant leishmaniasis ill wife blowing smoke praying capture madness reference to bethlehem chalice ceremony ritual nudity cultural difference medicinal flower reference to caspar the wise man native knowledge film starts with quote rubber plantation ayahuasca screaming cult superstition snake gun torch canoe tribe crying man hairy chest vaupes colombia colombia written by director paddling rowing necklace drawing mask medicine punishment torture gramophone scene before opening credits cigarette smoking

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