Athens International Film Festival
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Embrace of the Serpent

3/10/2015, 22:00, Δαναός 1

An encounter with an indigenous shaman will influence the journey of two scientists travelling through the Amazon in search of a medicianal plant. Poetic black & white cinematography focusing on the gaping wounds of colonization through a bombastic encounter between two worlds.

An encounter with an indigenous shaman will influence the journey of two scientists travelling through the Amazon in search of a medicianal plant. Poetic black & white cinematography focusing on the gaping wounds of colonization through a bombastic encounter between two worlds.


EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT (El Abrazo de la... από NyxtesPremieras

Σκηνοθεσία / Director
Ciro Guerra
Σενάριο / Screenwriter
Ciro Guerra, Jacques Toulemonde
Φωτογραφία / DoP
David Gallego
Μουσική / Music
Nascuy Linares
Μοντάζ / Editor
Etienne Boussac, Cristina Gallego
Ηθοποιοί / Principal Cast
Jan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis, Nilbio Torres, Antonio Bolívar, Yauenkü Miguee

Κολομβία, Βενεζουέλα, Αργεντινή / Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina
2015
Ασπρόμαυρο / B&W
DCP
125'
Διάλεκτοι ιθαγενών, Iσπανικά, Πορτογαλικά, Γερμανικά, Λατινικά / Cubeo, Huitoto, Wanano, Tikuna, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Catalan, latin



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