The hug of the serpent

Karamakate was a powerful shaman of the Amazon. The years in solitude have made him a man deprived of emotions and memories. His life is turning up the day Evan arrives.

Karamakate was a powerful shaman of the Amazon. The years in solitude have made him “Chullachaqui”, a man's shell deprived of emotions and memories. His life overturns the day Evan arrives, an American ethnobotanical in search of the Yakruna, a powerful hidden plant, capable of teaching to dream. Together they embark on a journey to the heart of the jungle in which the past, present and future are confused, and in which the shaman will recover his lost memories.

Director: Ciro Guerra
Writers: Ciro Guerra, Theodor Koch-Grünberg (based on the diary by) (as Theodor Koch-Grünberg)
Stars: Nilbio Torres, Antonio Bolívar, Jan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis, Yauenkü Migue

2015: Oscar Awards: Nominated for Best non-English speaking film
2015: Cannes Festival: Fortnight filmmakers: Art Cinema Award
2015: Festival of San Sebastián: Official Competitive section (“Latin horizons”)
2015: Mar del Plata Festival: Best Film – Golden Astor
2015: Independent SPIRIT Awards: nominated for Best Foreign Film
2015: Macondo awards: 8 awards including best Film and director
2015: Ariel Awards: Best Iberoamerican Film

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Claudio Fabian Guevara

Journalist and teacher of Argentine origin. PhD in Sustainability, Development and Tourism from the University of Guadalajara. Founder of El Nuevo Cronista de Argentina and Diario de Vallarta & Nayarit. Collaborator of various media internationally.

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