Amazomania

Ny, imponerende film fra mannen bak dokumentaren om Greta Thunberg, Greta. I 1996 bega en ekspedisjon ledet av den svenske journalisten Erling Söderström seg inn i Amazonas for å komme i kontakt med det isolerte og myteomspunnede korubofolket. De kornete VHS-opptakene fra 90-tallet leder tidvis tankene mot Werner Herzogs mesterverk Aguirre – Guds vrede.

Etter det skjellsettende førstemøtet har Söderström alltid drømt om å komme tilbake til korubofolket, men da den aldrende eventyreren returnerer til Amazonas får han en ganske annen velkomst enn han har forventet.

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A thirst for exploration and selfish ambition collide with concern for the Indigenous people in the pursuit of the ultimate jungle adventure.

An impressive new film from the director behind Greta, the documentary about Greta Thunberg. In 1996, an expedition led by Swedish journalist Erling Söderström ventured into the Amazon to make contact with the isolated and myth-shrouded Korubo people. The grainy VHS footage from the 1990s occasionally calls to mind Werner Herzog’s masterpiece Aguirre, the Wrath of God.

Ever since that momentous first encounter, Söderström has dreamed of returning to the Korubo people. But when the ageing adventurer makes his way back to the Amazon, he receives a very different welcome from the one he expected.