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A Balasaur Score of 83 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 97%, Metacritic 82/100. Scores higher than 98% of the 6,966 2010s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic82/100
525 audience votes
Key crew
- Ciro GuerraDirector
- Ciro GuerraWriter
- Jacques ToulemondeWriter
- Nascuy LinaresOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Nilbio TorresKaramakate (Young)
- Antonio BolívarKaramakate (Old)
- Jan BijvoetTheodor Koch-Grunberg
- Brionne DavisRichard Evans Schultes
- Yauenkü MigueeManduca
- Luigi SciamannaThe Missionary
- Nicolás CancinoThe Messiah
- Pediwake Daniel MartínezSantiago
- José SabogalThe Rubber Trapper
Stills
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Themes
indigenousreligious conversionamazon rainforestbased on true storyspiritualitycolonisationreligious fundamentalismnaturecolonialismthoughtfulamazon tribeindigenous peoples
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