1 Movie Starring Carlos Castaèèn

Cabeza de Vaca

Cabeza de Vaca

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-04-17

Languages:

Spanish, Latin

Countries:

Mexico, Spain, USA, UK

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(799 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Nicolès Echevarrèa

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (novel)

Guillermo Sheridan

Fullplot:

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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