Embrace of the serpent

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By Ciro Guerra (2015)

A journey to the heart of the Amazonian forest which allows shaman Karamakate to recover his lost memories…
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Presentation

Karamakate, a powerful Amazonian shaman and the last survivor of his people, lives as a recluse in the depths of the jungle. Decades of loneliness turned him into a chullachaqui, a human devoid of memories and emotions. His life is disrupted by the arrival of Evans, an American ethnobotanist looking for the yakruna, a very powerful sacred plant, which can teach people how to dream. Together, they embark on a journey to the heart of the Amazonian forest during which the line between past, present, and future begins to blur.

Production

With Utopia cinema
In partnership
with Transfuge, France Médias Monde

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