RCA Film Night Series: Embrace of the Serpent by Ciro Guerra
3 December 2019 | 6pm 8pm
Battersea, Gorvy Lecture Theatre
Free
Embrace the Serpent by Colombian director Ciro Guerra is an extraordinary, hypnotic film which seems at first glance to be a dreamy inversion of the themes of Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo and Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, turning a generic heart of darkness into a crucible of light, as seen from the perspective of indigenous Amazonian tribespeople.Â
Mixing fact and fiction in fable-like fashion, Guerra’s third feature, which secured Colombia’s first Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, offers both a bold indictment of colonial imperialism and a powerful celebration of disappearing cultures.