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Cabeza de Vaca (1991)

Directed by Nicolás Echevarría

Drama | History | Biography

Overview

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.

Length 111 minutes

Actors

Juan Diego | Roberto Sosa | Carlos Castanon | Gerardo Villarreal | Roberto Cobo | José Flores | Farnesio de Bernal | Josefina Echánove | Ramón Barragánz | Julio Solorzano Foppa | Daniel Giménez Cacho | Max Kerlow | Jorge Santoyo | José Manuel Poncelis | Mayra Serbulo

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
12/18/2004TVDVDRented8 stars
 

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