Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
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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.
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Juan DiegoAlvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Roberto SosaCascabel / ArainoCarlos CastanonCastilloGerardo VillarrealEstebanico
Roberto CoboLozoyaJosé FloresMalacosa
Farnesio de BernalFray Suárez
Josefina EchánoveAnciana AvavarRamón BarragánPánfilo de NarváezJulio Solórzano FoppaAlcaraz
Daniel Giménez CachoDorantes
Max KerlowMan in armorKeywords
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What is Cabeza de Vaca about?
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.
How long is Cabeza de Vaca?
Cabeza de Vaca has a runtime of 111 minutes.