Directed by:
Nicolás EchevarríaCinematography:
Guillermo NavarroComposer:
Mario LavistaCast:
Juan Diego, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Roberto Sosa, Roberto Cobo, Carlos Castañón, José Flores, Josefina Echánove, José Manuel Poncelis, Alejandro Tamayo (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Juan Diego
Spain
Best movies:
The Holy Innocents (1984)
Noviembre (2003)
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Daniel Giménez Cacho
Spain
Best movies:
Hell (2010)
Innocent Voices (2004)
And Your Mother Too (2001)
Roberto Sosa
Mexico
Best movies:
Man on Fire (2004)
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Under the Volcano (1984)
Roberto Cobo
Mexico
Best movies:
Los olvidados (1950)
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Ascent to Heaven (1952)
Carlos Castañón
Best movies:
Aquí no hay quien viva (2003) (series)
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Food of Love (2002)
José Flores
Best movies:
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Josefina Echánove
Mexico
Best movies:
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Missing (1982)
The Burning Season (1994) (TV movie)
José Manuel Poncelis
Best movies:
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Herod's Law (1999)
I Dream in Another Language (2017)
Alejandro Tamayo
Best movies:
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Max Kerlow
Best movies:
Letters from Marusia (1976)
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Frida, naturaleza viva (1983)
Farnesio de Bernal
Best movies:
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Eagle's Wing (1979)
Jesús Vázquez
Best movies:
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Jorge Santoyo
Best movies:
Letters from Marusia (1976)
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Missing (1982)
Abel Woolrich
Best movies:
El imperio de la fortuna (1986)
Apocalypto (2006)
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Gerardo Durán
Best movies:
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Alicia Sánchez
Spain
Best movies:
Poachers (1975)
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Sweet Hours (1982)
Gisela Sanders Alcántara
Mexico
Best movies:
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Óscar Yoldi
Best movies:
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Midaq Alley (1995)
Víctor Hugo Martín del Campo
Best movies:
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Juan Carlos Martínez
Best movies:
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)