Cabeza de Vaca [videorecording] / Producciones Iguana in co-production with Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía ... [et al.] ; producers, Rafael Cruz ... [et al.] ; screenplay, Guillermo Sheridan, and Nicolás Echevarría ; director, Nicolás Echevarría.
Videodisc release of the 1991 Mexican motion picture. "Inspirated by the book Naufragios by Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca." Special features: original trailer, cast biographies, preview attractions. "Recorded in ultra*stereo"--Container. Juan Diego, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Roberto Sosa, Carlos Castañón, Gerardo Villarreal, Roberto Cobo, José Flores, Eli Machuca "Chupadora."
Summary:
"In 1528, a Spanish expedition founders off the coast of Florida. the lone survivor, Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, discovers an ancient Indian tribe. Learning their mystical and mysterious culture, he becomes a healer and a leader. But this New World collides with the Old World when Spanish conquistadors arrive to enslave the Indians. Cabeza de Vaca must confront his own people and his past"--Container.
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