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Cabeza de Vaca

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Original title

Cabeza de Vaca

Year

1991

Running time

103 min.

Country

Mexico

Director

Nicolás Echevarría

Screenwriter

Guillermo Sheridan, Xavier Robles, Nicolás Echevarría. Novel: Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

Cast

Music

Mario Lavista

Cinematography

Guillermo Navarro

Producer

Co-production Mexico-Spain;

IMCINE, RTVE

Genre

Adventure | Conquest of America. Colonial America. 16th Century

Synopsis

An international award winning saga of old Mexico. In 1528, a Spanish expedition founders 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.

Awards: 1991: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection

1990: Ariel Awards. 4 Nominations

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Cabeza de Vaca

1991

Nicolás Echevarría

5.8

(460)