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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.
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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December 09, 2016
A film that honours the mysteries and majesty of a lost world.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.March 31, 2016
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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.June 09, 2016
Unique and intoxicating, an art movie that grips like a thriller.December 27, 2016
Embrace of the Serpent is a mystical movie missile from Colombia. It's ballistic, balletic, sometimes brilliant.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.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.April 22, 2016
It is gripping, challenging, engrossing stuff, beginning to end. Seriously, what a film.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.