Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
Directed by Ciro Guerra · 125 min · Drama, Adventure
59.5 TOPICAL score · #1,312 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Embrace of the Serpent (2015, directed by Ciro Guerra) has a TOPICAL score of 59.5 - ranked 1,312 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and audience, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 1 award from 3 nominations, including the Alfred P. Sloan Prize. Critics: 96% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.3/10 critics' average · Metacritic 82. Audiences: TMDB 7.7/10 (531 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 33 languages.
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- Critics96% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.3/10 critics' average · Metacritic 82
- AudienceTMDB 7.7/10 (531 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 3 nominations - incl. Alfred P. Sloan Prize
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 33 languages
- Still read8,063 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Nilbio Torres, Antonio Bolívar, Jan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis