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Marisol Gómez Mouakad | Puerto Rico, Mexico | 2016 | color | DCP | 90 min | Spanish, English | e.s.
In the Amazonian jungle in the early 1900s, the German explorer Theo and his guide Manduca meet the shaman Karamakate. Theo has been in Amazonia for a long time already, but is very ill and in search of a rare medicinal plant. The shaman, whose people were murdered and displaced by white men, accompanies the two in the hope of finding surviving members of his tribe. What follows is a physically and mentally enervating and exhausting journey across the river, shot in breathtaking black-and-white images. The journey reveals the influence of Western greed and missionary zeal in this previously unspoilt territory. The scenes are intercut with images of an expedition that takes place decades later, when a young American is confronted with an aged Karamakate. The film exudes grief over a lost civilization, whose unique insights and relationship to nature have so much to teach the Western world, especially now. The film is nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Place: CINEMA 2
Date: 7 April 2016
Time: 16:45
Duration: 2:00
Place: CINEMA 2
Date: 9 April 2016
Time: 21:15
Duration: 2:00
Place: CINEMA 2
Date: 10 April 2016
Time: 16:00
Duration: 2:00
Year in
Festival
2016
Director
Ciro Guerra
Camera
David Gallego
Cast
Jan Bijvoet
Brionne Davis
Nilbio Torres
Antonio Bolívar
Yauenkü Migue
Nicolás Cancino
Luigi Sciamanna
Country
Colombia
Editor
Etienne Boussac
Cristina Gallego
Language
Length
122 min
Music
Nascuy Linares
Producer
Cristinia Gallego
Production Company
Ciudad Lunar Producciones
Production Design
Angélica Perea
Sales
Scenario
Ciro Guerra
Jacques Toulemonde
Sound Design
Carlos García
Year of Production
2014
Website
Ciro GUERRA (1981, Colombia) studied Film and Television at the National University of Colombia. At the age of 20, after directing four award-winning short films, he wrote, produced and directed La sombra del maninante (2004). His feature directorial debut was selected for film festivals worldwide and won numerous awards. Los viajes del viento/The Wind Journeys (2009) was Guerra’s second feature film. It competed in the Un Certain Régard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. El abrazo de la serpiente/Embrace of the Serpent (2015) is his third feature film.
Filmography
(selection) La sombra del maninante (2004), Los viajes del viento/The Wind Journeys (2009), El abrazo de la serpiente/Embrace of the Serpent (2015)