The embrace of the snake

Karamakate was a powerful shaman from the Amazon. The years in solitude have turned him into a man deprived of emotions and memories. Her life turns upside down the day Evan arrives.

Karamakate was a powerful shaman from the Amazon. The years in solitude have turned him into a “chullachaqui”, a shell of a man deprived of emotions and memories. His life turns upside down the day Evan, an American ethnobotanist, arrives in search of yakruna, a powerful hidden plant capable of teaching people to dream. Together they undertake a journey to the heart of the jungle in which the past, present and future merge, 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 Foreign Language Film
2015: Cannes Festival: Fortnight Directors: Art Cinema Award
2015: San Sebastián Festival: Official competitive section (“Horizontes Latinos”)
2015: Mar del Plata Festival: Best film – Astor de Oro
2015: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Film
2015: Macondo Awards: 8 awards including best film and director
2015: Ariel Awards: Best Ibero-American 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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