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The Serpent and the Rainbow is a american film of genre Drama directed by Wes Craven released in USA on 5 february 1988 with Cathy Tyson
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 5 february 1988
Length 1h38
Directed by Wes Craven
OriginUSA
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Rating63%
The Serpent and the Rainbow is a 1988 American horror film directed by Wes Craven and starring Bill Pullman. The script by Richard Maxwell and Adam Rodman is loosely based on the non-fiction book of the same name by ethnobotanist Wade Davis, wherein Davis recounted his experiences in Haiti investigating the story of Clairvius Narcisse, who was allegedly poisoned, buried alive, and revived with a herbal brew which produced what was called a zombie.
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In 1978, a Haitian man named Christophe (Conrad Roberts) mysteriously dies in a French missionary clinic, while outside a voodoo parade marches past his window with a burning coffin. The next morning, Christophe is buried in a traditional Catholic funeral, at which his sister cries over his body and prays for his soul. Onlooking is a mysterious black man dressed in a suit who was also outside Christophe's hospital window on the night he died. As the coffin is lowered into the ground, Christophe's eyes open and tears roll down his cheeks.Actors
Cathy Tyson
(Marielle Duchamp)
Zakes Mokae
(Dargent Peytraud)
Paul Winfield
(Lucien Celine)
Bill Pullman
(Dennis Alan)
Brent Jennings
(Louis Mozart)
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