Die Geschichte der Beziehungen zwischen Karamakate, einem Schamanen aus dem Amazonasgebiet und letzten Überlebenden seines Volkes, und zwei Wissenschaftlern, die mehr als 40 Jahre lang gemei... Alles lesenDie Geschichte der Beziehungen zwischen Karamakate, einem Schamanen aus dem Amazonasgebiet und letzten Überlebenden seines Volkes, und zwei Wissenschaftlern, die mehr als 40 Jahre lang gemeinsam versuchten, am Amazonas eine geweihte Heilpflanze zu finden.Die Geschichte der Beziehungen zwischen Karamakate, einem Schamanen aus dem Amazonasgebiet und letzten Überlebenden seines Volkes, und zwei Wissenschaftlern, die mehr als 40 Jahre lang gemeinsam versuchten, am Amazonas eine geweihte Heilpflanze zu finden.
- Für 1 Oscar nominiert
- 46 Gewinne & 32 Nominierungen insgesamt
- Old Karamakate
- (as Tafillama-Antonio Bolívar Salvador)
- Manduca
- (as Yauenkü Miguee)
- Borracho Cohiuano
- (as Jesús Rodríguez)
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Couple of comments: first, it takes a while to fully understand and grasp what is really happening, and that the local is the same man, simply 30 years older than before. It eventually also becomes clear that this film calls out "the white man" for what he has done to the jungle and the indigenous peoples. At some point Theo (the first explorer) and his two travel mates come to a Mission, where a priest runs things. Later on, the effects of the 'rubber wars' become all too clear. Second, the movie is shot in gorgeous black and white. This is the second film in a row that I've seen in theaters that is in B&W, what are the chances? (the other film was "Creative Control"). Third, Belgian actor Jan Bijvoet gives a truly stunning performance as Theo. You will be blown away. "Embrace of the Serpent was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar this year. While it didn't win ("Son of Saul" did), it doesn't diminish anything of the intrinsic quality of this film. With that, I've now finally seen all 5 nominees in the Best Foreign Language Movie Oscar category, and I am amazed at the collective talent in those 5 movies.
"Embrace of the Serpent" opened last weekend at my local art-house theater here in Cincinnati. The Sunday early evening screening was attend quite nicely, much better than I had expected. It confirms that there is a market for this type of top-notch quality foreign movie. Truly world cinema at its best. If you get a chance to check it out, be it in the theater, on VOD or eventually on DVD/Blu-ray, do not miss it! "Embrace of the Serpent" is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
The river journey is something like the Heart of Darkness. It portrays a harrowing vision of the struggles of the native community. It is enthralling. It is poetic. The characters are compelling. The only minor drawback is the ending which gets overextended. There is probably a quicker and more compelling way to wrap up the movie after what happened in the village. I like the surrealism in the end but it's just a little long.
Embrace Of The Serpent is one such cinematic experience which brought a deserved Academy Award Nomination . Ecological thriller that has in highlighting the destruction of the South American rain woods by the rubbers ; being based upon a real story , on diaries by scientists Theodor Koch-Grunberg and Richard Evan Schultes , both of whom delve into the Amazonian rainforest in search of a rare plant with medicinal and hallucinatory qualities, with the assistance of a local shaman on opposite ends of his own life journey . An ecological adventure with mystical touches that was ahead of its time in denounce about forest destruction , including some disconcerting scenes , as the frames where a man is praised to be the Messiah is based on an actual event . Embrace of the Serpent attempts to frame the destruction of the rain forest's ecology and peoples as a slow-motion tragedy on scales both personal and cultural , but it is more intriguing in its ambitions, which frustrate it, than in it successes, which are limited . This exciting film contains thrills , emotion , adventure and marvelous scenes from deep rainy forest that generate a lot of surprises and illusion . This film has got some images "stuck in their head" including several sequences can stay in your brain for a long, long while .
Glamorous and lush cinematography by David Gallego who photographs wonderfully the Amazon jungle , obviously filmed under difficult conditions on location . Shot in black-and-white, which is at once visually distinctive but also rather flattening . Evocative musical score by Nascuy Linares and the music Evan plays on the gramophone is Haydn's "The Creation". This engrossing and enjoyable film with interesting screenplay by Ciro Guerra and Jacques Toulemonde Vidal was well directed by Ciro Guerra . He's a good professional filmmaking giving various Colombian successes such as Los Viajes Del Viento (2009) and La Sombra Del Caminante (2004) . Rating "Embrace of the Serpent" : Better than average . Wholesome watching .
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- WissenswertesThe scene where a man is praised to be the Messiah is based on an actual event.
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Young Karamakate: Knowledge belongs to all. You do not understand that. You are just a white man.
- VerbindungenFeatured in Starfilm (2017)
- SoundtracksEmbrace Of The Serpent
(Theme from Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
by Nascuy Linares
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- 1.400.000 $ (geschätzt)
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- 1.329.249 $
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- 50.955 $
- 21. Feb. 2016
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- 2 Std. 5 Min.(125 min)
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