El abrazo de la serpiente

Fortnight 2015, Feature film, 2h05

Synopsis

Embrace of the Serpent tells the epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-transcending 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.

Director

Ciro Guerra

Born in Río de Oro (Colombia) in 1981. His first two films, La sombra del caminante and The Wind Journeys, were selected in many international film festivals, including Cannes, Toronto, San Sebastian, Rotterdam and Locarno, winning 40 international awards. Both films were chosen as Colombia’s entry for the Oscars and were released commercially in 20 countries. Embrace of the Serpent is his 3rd film.

Casting
Team
Production

Antonio Bolívar
Brionne Davis
Jan Bijvoet
Nilbio Torres
Yauenkü Miguee

Screenplay
Ciro Guerra, Jacques Toulemonde

Image
David Gallego

Sound
Carlos García, Marco Salaverría

Editing
Etienne Boussac, Cristina Gallego

Music
Nascuy Linares

Set decoration
Angélica Perea

Production :
Ciudad Lunar
Carrera 13 # 49 – 15 Oficina : 304
110011 Bogotá – Colombie
T : +57 30 0208 9948
ciudadlunarproducciones@yahoo.com
www.ciudadlunar.com

Coproduction :
Nortesur Producciones (Venezuela)
Mc Producciones (Argentina)
Buffalo Films (Argentina)

Ventes / Foreign sales :
Films Boutique
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10997 Berlin – Allemagne
T : +49 30 695 378 50
info@filmsboutique.com
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Distribution :
Diaphana Distribution
T : +33 1 53 46 66 66
diaphana@diaphana.fr
www.diaphana.fr

Presse internationale / International press
Vanessa Jerrom
T : +00 33 (6) 14 83 88 82
vanessajerrom@orange.fr

Title in Original Version : Embrace of The Serpent