Summary
In 16th-century Spanish America, a Dominican friar named Santiago survives a brutal expedition and is absorbed into a Carib tribe. When he flees tribal conflict only to be captured by Spanish forces accused of heresy, he is forced to confront the clash between his ideals and the violence of conquest.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 71GoodWatch 65
Letterboxd · 205 ratings3.5/5
IMDb7.0
Running time
1 h 30 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 history movies, −32 min on the typical 122
typical 12290Half of all history movies run 108–138 min.
Released
1991
October 9, 1991
35 years ago
Genres
HistoryDramaAdventureLanguage
Spanish
Original language
Also spoken
GermanMade in
Venezuela
Directing · 1
- Luis Alberto Lamata Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Vicky Machado Writer
Production · 2
- Omar Mesones Producer
- Adolfo López Sojo Co-Producer
Camera · 1
- Andrés Agustí Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Mario Nazoa Editor, Sound, Sound Director
Sound · 4
- Federico Gattorno Music
- Miguel Gonzalez Sound Mixer
- Richard Hernandez Sound Assistant
- Víctor Guédez Sound Assistant
Art · 2
- Aureliano Alfonso Production Design
- Marietta Perroni Art Direction
Other crew · 7
- Manuel de Pedro Thanks
- Mario Handler Thanks
- Aimara Escobar Thanks
- Edgardo González Niño Thanks
- Francisco Bolet Thanks
- Felix Valenv Thanks
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