The read
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
In search of a miracle, an American woman embarks on a journey to the Peruvian Amazon and finds hope in a community, through rituals involving an ancient psychedelic plant known as ayahuasca. With her perception forever altered, she forges a bond with a young indigenous shaman undergoing a crisis of his own, and a motley crew of psychonauts seeking transcendence, companionship, and the meaning of life and death.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic77/100
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Matteo NorziDirector
- Leonor CaraballoDirector
Cast
- Ana Cecilia StieglitzPasajera Angelina
- Arturo IzquierdoArturo
- Guillermo ArévaloGuillermo
- Lurdes Valles VargasMother with the plant
- Benedict de BocosMotorcar driver
- Wilson Arimuya TamaniDoorman miracle healer
- Jorge Manuel Pérez RamirezFruit vendor
- Denny Santillan RojasFruit vendor
- Ricardo Torres RíosVigilante
- Iker AmayaPasajero Francois
- Filippo TimiPasajero Leonardo
- Taylor Marie MiltonPasajera Tiffany
Stills
Themes
ayahuascawoman directortraditional medicine