Töfralæknirinn Karamakate er sá eini sem lifði af í Amazon af sínu fólki vinnur með tveimur vísindamönnum yfir 40 ára tímabil í leit að hinni heilögu plöntu.

Myndin er tekin upp í svarthvítu og var frumsýnd á Cannes kvikmyndahátíðinni 2015 þar sem hún vann verðlaun í flokknum Directors Fortnight, en hún var síðar tilnefnd til Óskarsverðlaunanna 2016 sem besta erlenda kvikmyndin. 

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The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of 40 years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.

The film shot in black-and-white and won the Art Cinema Award in the Directors’ Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival where it won The Fortnight’s Art Cinema Award. It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.

““Embrace of the Serpent” is simply a work of art, and one of the most singular cinematic experiences you could hope to have” – IndieWire