This movie has Ciro Guerra's hand all over it, many of his previous works are noticeable, yet his evolution is much deeper this time. From all his movies I think this one is the best so far: cathartic, it envoys you to a voyage of time, geography and dreams. Do yourself a favor and go see it! A good example of how collaboration can make a good move, everything just works perfectly here, the acting, the direction, the production, the script and the shots are just wonderful, great scenery, make up and costume, but even with those amazing shots of the amazon's rain forest the dialogue steals the show: great content of human drama, life lessons, like all of Guerra's movies the historical and the mythical are put on debate. While achieved on more than 4 languages through the movie the dialogues are mostly carry on amazonian tongues with great fluently giving it a sense of immersion. A lesson for all of us who still value western ideals over human lives.
Review of Embrace of the Serpent
