Embrace of the Serpent
2016 Drama/Adventure Not Rated 76 Minutes
In Theaters | February 17, 2016 | |||
On 4K UHD | Not Available | |||
On Blu-ray | June 21, 2016 | |||
On DVD | June 21, 2016 |
Director
At once blistering and poetic, the ravages of colonialism cast a dark shadow over the South American landscape in EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT, the third feature by Ciro Guerra. Filmed in stunning black-and-white, SERPENT 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-Grünberg and Richard Evan Schultes) who traveled through the Colombian Amazon during the last century in search of the sacred and difficult-to-find psychedelic Yakruna plant.
Not Rated.
Box office gross: $1.2 million. View box office history.
Presented in Spanish/Portuguese.
Released by Oscilloscope Pictures. See more credits.