As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw, a young man captured for sacrifice, flees to avoid his fate.
In the Maya civilization, a peaceful tribe is brutally attacked by warriors seeking slaves and human beings for sacrifice for their gods. Jaguar Paw hides his pregnant wife and his son in a deep hole nearby their tribe and is captured while fighting with his people. An eclipse spares his life from the sacrifice and later he has to fight to survive and save his beloved family.
Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jaguars, unlike leopards, are not generally known to kill humans, although there are a few cases of this happening.
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Goofs
Continuity:
When Jaguar Paw is in the trees and sees the torch lights of the hunting party, the close up shows his labret (lip) piercing missing. When he turns around, the piercing is back again.
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Quotes
[first lines]
title card:
"A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within." W. Durant See more »
Crazy Credits
Daniel Paredes ...... Crazy Student and Son of a Driver
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