Cabeza de Vaca (1991)

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Based on a true story, on the "Naufragios" by Alvar Núñez "Cabeza de Vaca," Indians Spanish adventurer, a little less conqueror and a little more rational than most of them. Although there is a clear lack of media and from the first sequence of the movie-of-rafts, also notes a desire not to use the paraphernalia for use in this type of production that, with few exceptions ("Aguirre..." ; "Eldora... read more

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.