Cabeza de Vaca

Nicolás Echevarría

Mexico, Spain, United States, United Kingdom

- 1990

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, tesorero del rey Carlos I de España, se embarca en 1528 hacia la Florida en una expedición. El hambre, las enfermedades, la sed y los ataques de los indígenas de la región hacen estragos en los viajeros, de modo que de 500 hombres sólo sobreviven cuatro. Capturado por los nativos, el protagonista se convierte en el esclavo de un chamán del que aprende sus secretos mágicos por lo que obtiene su libertad, que le conduce a una severa crisis de identidad.

Nicolás Echevarría

Painter, filmmaker, producer, and photographer born in Mexico in 1947. His career spans nearly four decades and more than twenty films and television series. He’s been awarded distinctions such as the Makhila d’Or from the Biarritz Festival; the award by L’organisation Catholique Internationale du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel (OCIC), and the DICINE from the FIC Guadalajara. He also received grants from Rockefeller Fellowship in 2002 and the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1986. ‘Cabeza de Vaca’, his first narrative film, has been compared by critics with Werner Herzog ‘Aguirre, the Wrath of God’. It was screened during the 1991 Berlinale as part of the festival official selection and was chosen to participate in the 63rd Academy Awards. His filmography includes other feature films such as 'Eco de la montaña' (2014), which won awards at festivals in Guadalajara, Lima and Chicago.

DIRECTOR

Nicolás Echevarría

SCREENPLAY

Guillermo Sheridan, Nicolás Echevarría

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Guillermo Navarro

EDITOR

Rafael Castañedo

SOUND

Carlos Aguilar

MUSIC

Mario Lavista

PRODUCTION

Rafael Cruz, Jorge Sánchez, Julio Solórzano Foppa, Bertha Navarro

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Iguana Producciones, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE), TVE, Sociedad Estatal Quinto Centenario, American Playhouse Theatrical Films, Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfica, Grupo Alicia, Cooperativa José Revueltas, Channel Four Television, Gobierno del Estado de Nayarit, Gobierno del Estado de Cohauila

CAST

Juan Diego, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Roberto Sosa, Carlos Castañón, Gerardo Villarreal, Roberto Cobo ‘Calambres’, José Flores, Eli ‘Chupadera’ Machuca

RUNNING TIME

104 min.

TYPE

Largometraje

FORMAT

Color

YEAR OF PRODUCTION

1990

COUNTRY

Mexico, Spain, United States, United Kingdom