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The epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-transcending friendship, between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, and two scientists that, over the course of 40 years, travel through the Amazon in search of a sacred plant that can heal them. Inspired by the journals of the first explorers of the Colombian Amazon, Theodor Koch-Grunberg and Richard Evans Schultes.
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7.694/10

Reno
> In any world, the history keeps repeating itself. It is one of the last films to I watch from the 2016 Oscars nominees. It was a Colombian production that represented the country in the 88th Amer... read more
almost 9 years ago
Andres Gomez
Good and complete movie touching several topics at the same time; the destruction through the conquest of the native cultures and knowlege in America and the vital path of 4 different human beings. ... read more
over 9 years ago
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Cast

Nilbio Torres
Karamakate (Young)

Antonio Bolívar
Karamakate (Old)

Jan Bijvoet
Theodor Koch-Grunberg

Brionne Davis
Richard Evans Schultes
Yauenkü Miguee
Manduca

Luigi Sciamanna
The Missionary
Nicolás Cancino
The Messiah
Pediwake Daniel Martínez
Santiago
José Sabogal
The Rubber Trapper
Director

Ciro Guerra
Director
Creator

Jacques Toulemonde
Writer

Ciro Guerra
Writer