I can understand some frustration in englishspeaking viewers because a lot is lost in translation. With damian delgado, jose carlos rodriguez, elpidia carrillo, inaki aierra. The other conquest, a film by salvador carrasco, tells the story of oppression of the aztecs by the spanish conquistadors, which ultimately leads to an unlikely cultural and religious understanding by its two main characters by the end of the movie. Salvador carrasco santa monica college film program. Oct 12, 20 engano a primera vista pelicula completa deceit at first sight whole movie with subtitles duration. Aztec princess luisa avila is led to her sacrifice by eagle warrior rafael cortes and wild boar warrior javier escobar. It is not a coincidence that the most memorable scenes in films tend to feature expressive, hypnotic, revealing music. The other conquest was originally distributed by twentieth century fox and it was rereleased theatrically in 2008 by alliance atlantisunion station media. The sets are astounding, while watching the movie, we played trying to identify the locations, it wasnt.
This concept involves people preserving their own religion while also absorbing other religious elements. It is may 1520 in the vast aztec empire one year after the spanish conqueror hernan cortes arrival in mexico. Elpidia carrillo, josefina echanove, guillermo rios, inaki aierra, diana bracho, alvaro guerrero, honorato. Nueve reinas nine queens 2000 hd with english subs full movie by vaishak ization. Worldrenowned opera singer placido domingo was the executive producer. Hemos resuelto crear nuestra propia empresa, carrasco y domingo films. The other conquest was originally distributed by twentieth century fox and it was rereleased theatrically in 2008 by. The other conquest, a film by salvador carrasco, tells the story of. Jun 23, 2010 at the time of its release in 1999, the other conquest became the highestgrossing mexican dramatic film in history. The halfsister of one of the aztec kings sons, renamed thomas, manages to have his life spared, so the spaniards order the lesser sentence of whipping. The film follows topiltzin, the illegitimate son of moctezuma, who witnesses the extermination of his family, their home, and their culture. The nahuatl language spoken in many scenes is beautiful. Santa monica college film program recommended for you.
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