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Embrace of the Serpent

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In the early 1900s, a young shaman (Nilbio Torres) in the Colombian Amazon helps two scientists who work together over the course of 40 years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.
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Sight and Sound
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December 09, 2016

A film that honours the mysteries and majesty of a lost world.
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Columbus Alive
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December 30, 2016

It's both a challenging and engulfing movie-going experience -- a true journey on multiple levels. And it's definitely one that should be seen on the big screen.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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March 31, 2016

The film moves into psychedelic and violent territory, creating a perspective that is equally unreal and unforgettable.
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San Diego Reader
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March 10, 2016

[Karamakate is] a frankly great character in a thoroughly gripping film.
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Film Ireland Magazine
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January 03, 2017

While the naturalistic storytelling and imagery is fantastic on a surface level, the finer points of the narrative require a fearless and deeply inquisitive traveller to fully appreciate, something which this reviewer cannot claim to be.
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Time Out
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June 09, 2016

Unique and intoxicating, an art movie that grips like a thriller.
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Financial Times
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December 27, 2016

Embrace of the Serpent is a mystical movie missile from Colombia. It's ballistic, balletic, sometimes brilliant.
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Chicago Reader
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March 10, 2016

This stunning historical drama, shot mainly in black and white across the Amazon region of Colombia, focuses on a shaman who's approached at different points by white men seeking medicinal substances.
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Movie Habit
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December 12, 2016

I suppose, then, that it's possible to characterize Embrace of the Serpent, which seems aimed at western audiences, as an instructive and necessary act of trespass.
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Detroit News
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April 22, 2016

It is gripping, challenging, engrossing stuff, beginning to end. Seriously, what a film.
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Boston Globe
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March 10, 2016

Though some of the concepts may be New Age boilerplate, the film's images linger; especially that of the river, the snake devouring us all.
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