The Missionary — Embrace of the Serpent Character Profile

About The Missionary

The sadistic, lone Spanish priest who runs a Catholic mission on an Amazon tributary in 1909. He violently beats orphan boys for any perceived pagan behavior. Theo, Karamakate, and Manduca eventually flee from this mission.

Character Facts

Played by

Luigi Sciamanna

Appears in

Embrace of the Serpent (2015)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• The Missionary — Conflict Enemy — Theodor Koch-Grunberg (Jan Bijvoet)

  Theo's moral opposition to the priest's cruelty forces him to abandon the mission.

• The Missionary — Conflict Enemy — Karamakate (Young) (Nilbio Torres)

  The shaman's resistance to colonial religious oppression puts him at odds with the mission.

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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)
• Manduca (Yauenkü Miguee)
• The Messiah (Nicolás Cancino)
• Santiago (Pediwake Daniel Martínez)
• The Rubber Trapper (José Sabogal)