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Embrace of the serpent [dvd]. = El abrazo de la serpiente

2017
DVDs
The film centers on Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and the last survivor of his people, and the two scientists who, over the course of 40 years, build a friendship with him. The film was inspired by the real-life journals of two explorers (Theodor Koch-Grünberg and Richard Evans Schultes) who traveled through the Colombian Amazon during the last century in search of the sacred and difficult-to-find psychedelic Yakruna plant.
Author:
Guerra, Ciro, 1981-, director, screenwriterToulemonde Vidal, Jacques, screenwriterTorres, Nilbio, actorBijvoet, Jan, 1966-, actorBolívar, Antonio, actorMiguee, Yauenkü, actorDavis, Brionne, actorSciamanna, Luigi, actorCancino, Nicolás, actorPediwake, actorSabogal, José, actorGallego, David, actorBoussac, Etienne, actorLinares, Nascuy, actorBuffalo Films, production companyBuffalo Producciones, production companyCaracol Televisión, production companyCiudad Lunar Producciones, production companyDago García Producciones, production companyMC Producciones, production companyNortesur Producciones, production company
Imprint:
Australia Distributed by Madman Entertainment, ©2017.©2015
Collation:
1 DVD-video (119 minutes) : sound, black & white, colour ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Catalogued from container.Madman : PAL160.Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015.Spanish. Subtitles English.
Credits:
Directed by Ciro Guerra, written by Writers: Ciro Guerra, Theodor Koch-Grunberg (based on the diary by), Richard Evans Schultes (based on the diary by), Jacques Toulemonde Vidal.
Performers:
Cast: Nilbio Torres, Tafillama--Antonio Bolívar Salvador, Yauenkü Miguee, Jan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis, Luigi Sciamanna, Nicolás Cancino, Pediwake Daniel Martínez, José Sabogal.
Audience:
Censorship classification : M.
System details:
DVD video, Dolby digital 5.1/2.0, PAL, Region 4, anamorphic widescreen 2.35:1.
Awards:
Nominee, 2016 Academy Award, Best Foreign Language Film.Winner, 2016 Sundance Film Festival, Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize.Winner, 2015 Cannes Film Festival, C.I.C.A.E. Award.
Dewey class:
791.4372
Language:
Spanish
BRN:
450592
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
Library at the DockDVDEMBROn loan - Due: 30 Jun 2026
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