'Embrace of the serpent' trivia and fun facts

Despite setbacks shooting could be achieved in the time

Based on diaries by scientists Theodor Koch-Grunberg and Richard Evan Schultes.

One of the most difficult aspects to represent in the film was the costumes for the actors, not so much for its design and research that led especially around parts such as indigenous guayucos.

In this arduous task the art department with the collaboration of women of different ethnicities, who for weeks put aside his work as farmers to lend their hands to sewing and washing.

First Colombian film nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.