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.
Release Date: 17 April 1992Runtime:
Stars:
- Carlos Castañón
- Daniel Giménez Cacho
- Eli 'Chupadera' Machuca
- Farnesio de Bernal
- Gerardo Villarreal
- Javier Escobar Villarreal
- José Flores
- Josefina Echánove
- Juan Diego
- Julio Solórzano Foppa
- Max Kerlow
- Óscar Yoldi
- Ramón Barragán
- Roberto Cobo
- Roberto Sosa
Director: Nicolás Echevarría
