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Embrace of the Serpent
Argentina
Colombia
Venezuela
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.
Original title: El abrazo de la serpiente
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Academy Awards #88 - 2016
| Award | People | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Best International Feature Film | Ciro Guerra | — |
