An international award winning saga of old Mexico. In 1528, a Spanish expedition flounders off the coast of Florida with 600 lives lost. One survivor, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, roams across the American continent searching for his Spanish comrades. Instead, he discovers the Iguase, an ancient Indian tribe. Over the next eight years, Cabeza de Vaca learns their mystical and mysterious culture, becoming a healer and a leader. But soon this New World collides with the Old World as Spanish conquistadors seek to enslave the Indians, and Cabeza de Vaca must confront his own people and his past.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
US
Genres:
Action, Drama, History
Release:
October 1991
Production:
American Playhouse, Cooperativa JosĂ© Revueltas, Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfica, Gobierno del Estado de Coahuila, Gobierno del Estado de Nayarit, Grupo Alica, Iguana Producciones, Sociedad Estatal Quinto Centenario, Sociedad Estatal para la Ejecucion de Programas del V Centenario, Universidad de Guadalajara, TVE, Instituto Mexicano de CinematografĂa, Film4 Productions
Cast:
Juan Diego, Roberto Sosa, Carlos Castanon, Gerardo Villarreal, Roberto Cobo, José Flores, Farnesio de Bernal, Josefina Echánove, Ramón Barragán, Julio Solórzano Foppa, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Max Kerlow, Jorge Santoyo, José Manuel Poncelis, Mayra Sérbulo
Tags:
indigenous peoples