movies, quotes

006 – El abrazo de la serpiente 2015

spacetime coordinate: 1909 / 1940 the amazon rainforest

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embrace of the serpent

Embrace of the Serpent  is a 2015 internationally co-produced adventure drama film directed by Ciro Guerra and shot in black-and-white.

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The film tells two stories thirty years apart, both featuring Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his tribe. He travels with two scientists, firstly with German Theo von Martius in 1909 and American named Evan in 1940, to look for the rare yakruna, a (fictional) sacred plant.

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Evan: It’s a lot of money. Chullachaqui: Ants like money. I Do not. The taste is bad.