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Film / 1988
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Directed by
Wes Craven
A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses. Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis and filmed on location in Haiti, it's a frightening excursion into black magic and the …
The story
A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses. Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis and filmed on location in Haiti, it's a frightening excursion into black magic and the supernatural.
Cast
Bill PullmanDennis Alan
Cathy TysonMarielle Duchamp
Zakes MokaeDargent Peytraud
Paul WinfieldLucien Celine
Brent JenningsLouis Mozart
Conrad RobertsChristophe
Badja DjolaGaston
Theresa MerrittSimone
Michael GoughSchoonbacher
Paul GuilfoyleAndrew Cassedy
Dey YoungMrs. Cassedy
Aleta MitchellCelestine
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William NewmanFrench Missionary Doctor
Jaime Pina GautierJulio
Evencio Mosquera SlacoOld Shaman
Kimberleigh AarnMargrite
Philogen ThomasPriest
Ana Rosa Smith AvilaMulatto Nurse
Francis GuinanAmerican Doctor
Diamanda GalásVoices of the Dead
Sally-Anne MunnNurse / Intern
Jean-Baptiste RosveltBlack Waiter
Robert De JamesOld Lame Peasant
Jackson DelgadoPossessed Dancer
Barbara GuillaumeMozart’s Whore
Betty Garcia RodriguezPretty Whore
Luis Tavare PesqueraKyle Cassedy
Claudia PimentelOld Crone
Michael JacksonNewscaster
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