Cabeza de Vaca [videorecording] / producers, Rafael Cruz, Jorge Sánchez, Julio Solórzano Foppa, Bertha Navarro ; directed by Nicolas Echevarria ; written by Guillermo Sheridan and Nicolas Echevarria.Cabeza de Vaca [videorecording] / producers, Rafael Cruz, Jorge Sánchez, Julio Solórzano Foppa, Bertha Navarro ; directed by Nicolas Echevarria ; written by Guillermo Sheridan and Nicolas Echevarria.
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Titre
Cabeza de Vaca [videorecording] / producers, Rafael Cruz, Jorge Sánchez, Julio Solórzano Foppa, Bertha Navarro ; directed by Nicolas Echevarria ; written by Guillermo Sheridan and Nicolas Echevarria.
Édition
Subtitled.
Description
1 videocassette (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Notes
Spanish with English subtitles.
VHS / NSTC.
Sommaire
In 1528, a Spanish expedition founders off the Florida coast and only Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca survives. He sets off in search of his comrades and instead discovers an Indian tribe with whom he lives for the next eight years. While there he learns their ways, becomes a healer, but is then forced to confront his own people and his past.
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.
Production
Screenplay, Guillermo Sheridan, Nicolás Echevarria.
Featuring Juan Diego, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Roberto Sosa, Carlos Castanon, Gerardo Villarreal, Roberto Cobo and Jose Flores.
Notes
Rated R.
Liaison
Winner 8 International Film Awards
Notes
Authorized users: students, teachers and staff of the National Theatre School of Canada.
Collaboration
Cote
VHS 1068
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