{"product_id":"embrace-of-the-serpent","title":"EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT BLU-RAY","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"inline\"\u003eStars:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm7047915\/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm\"\u003eNilbio Torres\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0082052\/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm\"\u003eJan Bijvoet\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm7047916\/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm\"\u003eAntonio Bolivar\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Before he can become a warrior a man has to leave everything behind and go into the jungle guided only by his dreams. In that journey he has to discover completely alone, who he really is. Some get lost and never come back”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eKaramakate, a warrior\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003es\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ehaman and last of his tribe, transcends the worlds of men and seeks truth through their dreams. He alone knows how to find the mysterious and psychedelic Yakruna plant; for some it has life-saving properties, for others it is a commodity waiting to be exploited. Two scientists, in two different times with very different agendas enlist Karamakate on their individual quests\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ein an epic adventure into the heart of the Colombian Amazon to find\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethis mythical plant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis Oscar nominated film is seen through Karamakate’s eyes and bears witness to the effects of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ecolonialism,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ereligion and the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eexploitation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof rubber, that affect\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eindigenous\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etraditions and the environment to which\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ethey are\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einextricably linked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“The film is inspired by the travel diaries of Theodor Koch Grunberg (1879–1924) and Richard Evans Schultes (1915-2001). These diaries are the only known accounts of many Amazonian cultures. This film is dedicated to all the peoples whose song we will never know.” \u003ci\u003eCiro Guerra (Director EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDirectors Statement:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhenever I looked at a map of my country,\u003cbr\u003eI was overwhelmed by great uncertainty.\u003cbr\u003eHalf of it was an unknown territory, a green sea, of which I knew nothing.\u003cbr\u003eThe Amazon, that unfathomable land, which we foolishly reduce to simple concepts. Coke, drugs, Indians, rivers, war.\u003cbr\u003eIs there really nothing more out there?\u003cbr\u003eIs there not a culture, a history?\u003cbr\u003eIs there not a soul that transcends?\u003cbr\u003eThe explorers taught me otherwise.\u003cbr\u003eThose men who left everything, who risked everything, to tell us about a world we could not imagine.\u003cbr\u003eThose who made first contact,\u003cbr\u003eDuring one of the most vicious\u003cbr\u003eholocausts man has ever seen.\u003cbr\u003eCan man, through science and art, transcend brutality? Some men did.\u003cbr\u003eThe explorers have told their story.\u003cbr\u003eThe natives haven’t.\u003cbr\u003eThis is it.\u003cbr\u003eA land the size of a whole continent, yet untold. Unseen by our own cinema.\u003cbr\u003eThat Amazon is lost now.\u003cbr\u003eIn the cinema, it can live again.\u003cbr\u003e—CIRO GUERRA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peccadillo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44782041301166,"sku":"EC1051","price":8.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/products\/EC1051_EMBRACE_BR_3D.png?v=1709898355","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-eu\/products\/embrace-of-the-serpent","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}