The Serpent and the Rainbow

Synopsis

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.

Trailer

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Cast

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  Bill Pullman
  Dennis Alan

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  Cathy Tyson
  Marielle Duchamp

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  Zakes Mokae
  Dargent Peytraud

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  Paul Winfield
  Lucien Celine

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  Brent Jennings
  Louis Mozart

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  Conrad Roberts
  Christophe

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  Badja Djola
  Gaston

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  Theresa Merritt
  Simone

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  Michael Gough
  Schoonbacher

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  Paul Guilfoyle
  Andrew Cassedy

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  Dey Young
  Mrs. Cassedy

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  Aleta Mitchell
  Celestine

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  William Newman
  French Missionary Doctor

• J

  Jaime Pina Gautier
  Julio

• E

  Evencio Mosquera Slaco
  Old Shaman

• K

  Kimberleigh Aarn
  Margrite

• P

  Philogen Thomas
  Priest

• A

  Ana Rosa Smith Avila
  Mulatto Nurse