WORLD PREMIERE FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2015 - DIRECTOR'S FORTNIGHT
EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT tells the epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-trascending friendship, between Karamakate, an amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, and two scientists that, over the course of 40 years, travel through the Amazon in search of a sacred plant that can heal them. Inspired by the journals of the first explorers of the Colombian Amazon, Theodor Koch-Grunberg and Richard Evans Schultes.
Directed by CIRO GUERRA
Produced by CRISTINA GALLEGO
Written by CIRO GUERRA - JACQUES TOULEMONDE
Starring JAN BIJVOET, NILBIO TORRES, TAFILLAMA ANTONIO BOLÍVAR, BRIONNE DAVIS
Cinematographer DAVID GALLEGO
Production Design ANGÉLICA PEREA
Executive Producers RAÚL BRAVO - MARCELO CÉSPEDES - HORACIO MENTASTI
Sound Design CARLOS GARCÍA
Music by NASCUY LINARES
Edited by ETIENNE BOUSSAC
Shooting format: Super 35mm
Locations: Northwest Amazon - Vaupés, Guainía (Colombia)
Genre: Adventure-Mystery
