Manduca — Embrace of the Serpent Character Profile

About Manduca

A westernised local man whom Theo saves from enslavement on a rubber plantation. He travels by canoe with Theo and Karamakate during the 1909 expedition to search for the yakruna plant.

Character Facts

Played by

Yauenkü Miguee

Appears in

Embrace of the Serpent (2015)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Manduca — Alliance Teammate — Theodor Koch-Grunberg (Jan Bijvoet)

  Manduca serves as Theo's loyal companion and guide after being rescued.

• Manduca — Alliance Partner — Karamakate (Young) (Nilbio Torres)

  Manduca acts as a bridge between the westerners and the shaman during the expedition.

• Manduca — Social Acquaintance — The Messiah (Nicolás Cancino)

  Manduca maintains a peripheral but observable connection to the mission community.

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More characters from Embrace of the Serpent

• Karamakate (Young) (Nilbio Torres)
• Karamakate (Old) (Antonio Bolívar)
• Theodor Koch-Grunberg (Jan Bijvoet)
• Richard Evans Schultes (Brionne Davis)
• The Missionary (Luigi Sciamanna)
• The Messiah (Nicolás Cancino)
• Santiago (Pediwake Daniel Martínez)
• The Rubber Trapper (José Sabogal)