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Cabeza de Vaca (1991) [N/A]

Release Date:
October 11, 1991

Original Title:
Cabeza de Vaca

Genres:
Action | Drama | History

Production Companies:
American Playhouse
Cooperativa José Revueltas
Film4 Productions
Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfica
Gobierno del Estado de Coahuila
Gobierno del Estado de Nayarit
Grupo Alica
Iguana Producciones
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía
Sociedad Estatal Quinto Centenario
Sociedad Estatal para la Ejecucion de Programas del V Centenario
TVE
Universidad de Guadalajara

Production Countries:
Mexico | Spain | United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
FR: U 

Runtime: 111

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Costume Design:
Tolita Figueroa

Director:
Nicolás Echevarría

Director of Photography:
Guillermo Navarro

Editor:
Rafael Castanedo

Executive Producer:
Bertha Navarro

Makeup Effects Designer:
Guillermo del Toro

Novel:
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Original Music Composer:
Mario Lavista

Production Design:
José Luis Aguilar

Screenplay:
Guillermo Sheridan
Nicolás Echevarría

Sound Engineer:
Carlos Aguilar

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