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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... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Cabeza de Vaca:

Juan Diego
Roberto Sosa
Carlos Castanon
Gerardo Villarreal
Roberto Cobo
José Flores

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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.

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User Review - 10/10 by Edgar CMesmerizingly effective and powerfully delusional, mi buen hombre Nicolás Echeverría (¡ese es mi cuate, jaja!) combines the experimental desperation of a Reygadas gem and the unstoppable madness of a Jodorowsky masterpiece. The result is invigorating, transforming the lack of script to images of colossal psychological weight. Herzog would be proud, and the performance of Juan Diego (do I perceive a religious irony in the name?) revives the historical character of the Spanish conquistador Alvar Núñez in one of his journeys of eternal oblivion and confused priorities. Extraordinary, forgotten masterpiece of Mexico's few watchable efforts of the 90s. 97/100
User Review - 10/10 by Brett WThe real life story of Cabeza de Vaca who became stranded in Texas before the colonization of America, became a slave to the Natives until he learned to be a Shaman. He makes a new life only to see it destroyed by the civilization he disconnected from. The final image of the slaves being forced to carry the Steeple to the mission speaks volumes and is unforgettable. (Fuck the Last Samurai)
User Review - 10/10 by Jen HDefinately a strange one, it should be watched by anyone who wishes to get an alternative view of the 'discovery of the americas'. Very good
User Review - 10/10 by Karen MA cinematic masterpiece -- unfortettable images, such a powerful story...and even moreso that it's based on truth. please see this movie, preferably in a dark theater, preferably in a totally open frame of mind. unforgettable experience.
User Review - 10/10 by Felicidad Ptube el privilegio de hablar con el director y de analizar esa ultima escena que sella tan bien toda la historia. cualquier latinoamericano debe de ver esta pelicula, para analizar su raices
User Review - 8/10 by Andy SHaunting and brutal corrective to the colonization of Mexico by the Spanish. Reminded me of everything from Aguirre, Wrath of God to Black God, White Devil to the cult classic El Topo. Immersive, scary, and quite stunning at turns.
User Review - 8/10 by Private UAs a scholar of history, this film has a special interest. Alvar Nunez's account of his travels makes for compelling reading and this adaptation of his book Naufragios, is pretty good. Cinematographically, it is superfluous and the soundtrack is memorable.
User Review - 6/10 by Michael DThis film chronicles the true story of Cabeza de Vaca, a Spanish explorer circa 1528 who was shipwrecked in Florida and was forced to live among the natives, where he slowly learned to respect their way of life. I?d been reading about this guy lately, and I decided to track down this fairly obscure movie at my library as it?s not available on DVD. It is a fairly gritty production, you can really just feel the suffering in the environment. The production values are competent, but not up to Hollywood standards. The acting is not great, the man playing de Vaca overacts? a lot. Still this is an interesting story, and while the movie isn?t a great work of art, it does what it sets out to do respectably well.
User Review - 6/10 by Amy TThis was an interesting take of the conquests and at first I was hating on it, but it actually had a great message in the end. Sad.

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