Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of 40 years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant. (imdb)
AKA: El abrazo de la serpiente
Country: Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela
Directed By: Ciro Guerra
Written By: Ciro Guerra, Jacques Toulemonde Vidal
Starring: Brionne Davis, Jan Bijvoet, Nilbio Torres, Antonio Bolivar, Nicolás Cancino, Luigi Sciamanna, Edward Mayo
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Embrace of the Serpent belongs to 12 collections
1. Best of criticker: Drama (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 8 stars)
2. Best Foreign Film Oscar Nominees (public: moderated by snallygaster - 7 stars)
3. South America (public: moderated by td888 - 3 stars)
4. Anthropology (public: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
5. 88th Academy Award Nominations (public: moderated by Johnny Mo - 3 stars)
6. Best of criticker: Adventure (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 1 star)
7. Capsules, guest reviews, list candidates... (366weirdmovies) (public - 1 star)
8. Best of criticker: 2015 (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 1 star)
9. 35th İstanbul Film Festival (public: moderated by cambel)
10. TOP 100 of the past 100 years (public: moderated by avgcrtckr)
11. 5: Not in English (private: KasperL)
12. Availability: Filmstriben (private: KasperL)
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normatic | 90 96% |
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A curious film that I suspect could have had a firmer impact if it didn't hesitate to check in with the progressive critics. Otherwise, it's something like Aguirre (or Cabeza de Vaca) by way of Altered States.
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| May 03 | madsie | 90 97% |
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Delivers on all of its narrative promises, but didn't strike me as profound. Gorgeous black and white cinematography, pronouncing moments with fluidity and grace. The dual narrative reinforces the exploration of duality in its many forms. The revelation that the film is based on true accounts in hindsight makes the film feel like it needs to compare Amazonian cultures to European in order resonate with modern audiences. Context aside, this is an accomplished visceral experience.
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| Mar 16 | ddelapointe | 99 91% |
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joachimt | 80 85% |
| Aug 13, 2017 | proometheuss | 81 29% |
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luord | 72 72% |
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Too long, the beautiful cinematography and capable direction make up for it.
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| Aug 06, 2017 | Pratchett3 | 7 55% |
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mesterlars | 75 45% |
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VinegarBob | 85 89% |
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Refreshingly understated road-trip, where the road's a river and the trip is both the journey and the goal. It's terrifically well shot, deals with it's themes subtly, and encourages an introspection in the viewer without being preachy. Also the shifts between the two parallel journeys decades apart are seamlessly executed, and cleverly illustrate both the immutability of the natural world and man's steady and destructive encroachment into it.
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| Jul 04, 2017 | pointtonull | 75 84% |
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Adam P-D | 70 82% |
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Road trip!
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Viewed May 1, 2017.
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phil- | 72 49% |
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walkabout | 80 89% |
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patman | 51 27% |
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7thpein | 73 64% |
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Judo Koala | 77 67% |
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One of the more interesting experiments in postcolonial cinema, though many of its racial politics remain too on-the-nose for me. Can't help but feel I've seen this narrative a thousand times.
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| Feb 26, 2017 | dr_Robert | 4 73% |
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Trippad film som rör sig I en narkodimma som blandas upp med en dos indianvisdom. Det later förmodligen helt outhärdligt, men filmen är suggestiv och drömliknande på ett sätt som fångar och håller ens uppmärksamhet I over två timmar. Klara Apokalyps-vibbar. Rekommenderas.
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| Feb 24, 2017 | Istarm | 85 89% |
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| Feb 24, 2017 | Panunzio | 89 95% |
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astrakhan | 78 57% |
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A beautifully-shot film whose setting and characters give plenty of insight into the cultures and beliefs of the indigenous tribes, as well as colonial history. Ultimately the film is not quite satisfying, narratively, as both white mens' journeys come to somewhat intangible conclusions. The film's overall message feels rather ethereal and cryptic, even if the themes of man vs nature, new vs old, science vs religion are plain to see. Visually stunning but not half as fun as e.g. Apocalypto.
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luc | 62 36% |
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Perhaps best enjoyed after a cup of weapons grade caapi
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balvares | 70 77% |
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frederic_g54 | 7 56% |
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Ignorant western explorers ditch married life in search of the Amazon's most sacred (read: awesome) hallucinogen, only to lose their sanity and cause the decay of the native culture in the process. 10/10, would ditch again.
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| Jan 16, 2017 | Prufrock | 85 69% |
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"The worst of both worlds" scene in particular was amazing
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Henrik | 85 90% |
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An excellent journey (both concretely and metaphorically) through a breathtaking environment (both corporeal and existential) by a pair and a half of astounding characters (both lovable and despised). And most of all, the use of black and white takes nothing away from the pure color of the jungle. Bonus: no need to change the title when the porn version is (eventually) made.
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Despite the strong post-colonial theme, "Embrace of the Serpent" has a certain grace. I thought the racial politics were overstated two or three times, but elsewhere the script is rich and refined. It also has a genuine fascination with the rainforest and its lore, an unabashed, politically incorrect exoticism, which is what I liked the most.
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Outstanding. Perfectly paced, gorgeously shot and extremely immersive tale
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dardan | 88 93% |
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The desire of the white man to understand, control, exploit and ultimately overcome nature is given expression via both the queeste for a plant and the domination of the people revering it, or at least did so before having been corrupted by embracing the serpent. Slights towards regressivism in its biblical, ecological Koyaanisqatsian themes, a nuisance only due the elements conveying that were a bit shoehorned rather than streamlined--the dynamic-maintaining insanity scene being an exception.
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| Jul 15, 2016 |  |
SeanBerndorff | 84 81% |
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