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EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT

El Abrazo de la Serpiente

Directed by Ciro Guerra
Colombia, Venezuela, 2015
Adventure, Drama
  • 124124 minutes

Synopsis

Karamakate is a warrior shaman and the last of his tribe who lives alone in the Colombian Amazon. Only he knows how to find the Yakruna—a rare, psychedelic plant. Two scientists—at two different times, with very different agendas—enlist Karamakate on their quests to find this mythical plant.

Synopsis

Karamakate is a warrior shaman and the last of his tribe who lives alone in the Colombian Amazon. Only he knows how to find the Yakruna—a rare, psychedelic plant. Two scientists—at two different times, with very different agendas—enlist Karamakate on their quests to find this mythical plant.