Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Micransix Crappy film

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Gareth Crook What a wonderful film. 2 hours of discovery in the Amazon jungle. Beautifully shot in black and white. Minimal and stark. Contemplative and terrifying. Mesmerising.

robinnboe The way I saw it was, that Caapi (Ayahuasca) was calling the 2 white scientists via the spirits into the jungle, first with Theodor Koch- Grunberg, you can tell this when Karamakate has visions of the jaguar, telling him he must protect Theo after drinking Caapi, Karamakate realises that he must share the ancient healing brew with the white man before it is lost forever, but the anger he has for the white man is too strong and he ends up burning what he thinks is the last Yakruna. Somehow even after dying in the jungle Theo's diary's manage to make it back to the white man via Theo's guider companion Manduca, in the other half of the film many years on Richard Evans Schultes enters the rainforest met by an older wiser but inevitably lost Karamakate, he has lost all memory of his traditions and the art of making Caapi, Karamakate is chullachaqui an empty person unable to speak with nature any more or dream,Richard manages to find the location of Karuna through Karamakate's drawings on the rocks from years ago, Richard guides them to the plant with his compass, there in the mountains they find one last Yakruna flower, Karamakate saying ''you have to come one with it, it's our last hope'', Richard's white man ego still manifesting in the form of saying they need the rubber, Now I think he makes Richard drink it instead of saving the plant, because it's not the plant that will save humankind but the human soul itself. putting the emphasis on the teachings and the way of life than just the brew itself. I see this film as very prophetic, maybe the single most important juncture of human history as it all hangs on the balance of these Amazonian teaching's of Biophilia and the Transcendental ''spirit'' realm as our guiding force reaching the white man and dissolving our ego's to inevitably save it all from apocalypse. This In my opinion is the most powerful film ''as in the message'' ever made.

alexdeleonfilm Viewed at the Golden Apricot Armenian film festival in Yerevan, 2015 "The Embrace of the Serpent", best picture prize, Golden Apricot festival, Yerevan. Director, Ciro Guerra, Columbia. This film was the discovery of the year for me and it was obvious from the word go that it was going to win the top festival prize. Shot entirely in crisp penetrating black and white. This is the story of the relationship between Karamakate, a nearly naked very muscular Amazonian shaman, the last survivor of his people, and two German botanists who work together overthe course of 40 years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant. Employs native Amazonian languages on most of the soundtrack.So realistic it looks like an anthropological documentary on primitive people. Gripping. Hypnotic -- plays out entirely in the jungle -- you are there. Cast: Nilbio Torres as Young Karamate, with sculptured body Antonio Bolivar as old Karamakate. Bottom Line: One of the most unusual movies ever made.

beardondillon-64378 Embrace Of The Serpent is a film about an amazonian shaman played by Nilbio Torres and two scientist looking for a plant that could supposedly heal people and they have to work with the shaman to try and find it.lets get this out of the way first, this movie is so gorgeously shot, there is this one tracking shot that transitions the two scientist together and it stunning. it was also so well acted, i actually did not see actors, i saw real men talking to each other and real men arguing and i forgot i was watching a movie, the best performance in this film was the older shaman played excellently by Antonio Bolivar.this movie has a non linear story line and i got so involved with these characters and the world they are in witch made this film perfect for me.A+