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The Other Conquest

Original title: La otra conquista
  • 19981998
  • RR
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
1.2K
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2007 USA theatrical release
Home Video Trailer from Union Station Media
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It is May 1520 in the vast Aztec Empire one year after the Spanish Conqueror Hernán Cortés' arrival in Mexico. "The Other Conquest" opens with the infamous massacre of the Aztecs at the Grea... Read allIt is May 1520 in the vast Aztec Empire one year after the Spanish Conqueror Hernán Cortés' arrival in Mexico. "The Other Conquest" opens with the infamous massacre of the Aztecs at the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan [what is now called Mexico City]. The sacred grounds are covered ... Read allIt is May 1520 in the vast Aztec Empire one year after the Spanish Conqueror Hernán Cortés' arrival in Mexico. "The Other Conquest" opens with the infamous massacre of the Aztecs at the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan [what is now called Mexico City]. The sacred grounds are covered with the countless bodies of priests and nobility slaughtered by the Spanish Armies under ... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
1.2K
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    • Salvador Carrasco
    • Salvador Carrasco
  • Stars
    • Damián Delgado
    • José Carlos Rodríguez
    • Elpidia Carrillo
    • Salvador Carrasco
    • Salvador Carrasco
  • Stars
    • Damián Delgado
    • José Carlos Rodríguez
    • Elpidia Carrillo
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    • 498User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews
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    Photos26

    Salvador Carrasco directing the opening scene (the Great Temple massacre) of The Other Conquest
    Alvaro Domingo (left) and Salvador Carrasco (right), producer and writer/director of The Other Conquest. Photo by Andrea Sanderson - © Carrasco & Domingo Films USA
    Salvador Carrasco directing Elpidia Carrillo (Princess Tecuichpo) in The Other Conquest.
    Topiltzin (Damián Delgado) survives the Great Temple massacre in Salvador Carrasco's "The Other Conquest".
    Dual Warrior life/death (Nicolás Jasso) in "The Other Conquest".
    Tecuichpo (Elpidia Carrillo) feels the headdress of her deceased father, Aztec Emperor Moctezuma.
    Soldier (Carlos Torrestorija) bears the cross in "The Other Conquest".
    Captain Cristóbal Quijano (Honorato Magaloni) in "The Other Conquest".
    Spanish Conqueror Hernando Cortés (Iñaki Aierra) in "The Other Conquest".
    Friar Diego (José Carlos Rodríguez) and Topiltzin (Damián Delgado) reflect on their spiritual conflict.
    Topiltzin (Damián Delgado) experiences a mystical trance.
    Spanish conquerors invade Aztec pyramids.

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    Damián Delgado
    Damián Delgado
    • Topiltzin…
    José Carlos Rodríguez
    • Fray Diego de La Coruña
    Elpidia Carrillo
    Elpidia Carrillo
    • Tecuichpo…
    Iñaki Aierra
    Iñaki Aierra
    • Hernando Cortés
    Honorato Magaloni
    Honorato Magaloni
    • Capitán Cristóbal Quijano
    Guillermo Ríos
    Guillermo Ríos
    • Alanpoyatzin - hermano
    Josefina Echánove
    Josefina Echánove
    • Nanahuatzin - abuela
    Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
    Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
    • Beata Conversa
    Álvaro Guerrero
    Álvaro Guerrero
    • Rolando
    Rufino Echegoyen
    • Fray Sebastián
    Lourdes Villareal
    • Cihuacóatl - sumo sacerdote
    Luisa Ávila
    • Xilonen - Princesa
    Ramón Barragán
    • Ramón Quevedo - notario
    • (as Ramon Barragan)
    Diana Bracho
    Diana Bracho
    • Doña Juana
    José Luis Carol
    • Padre Santa María
    Martin LaSalle
    Martin LaSalle
    • Fraile Superior
    • (as Martín Lasalle)
    Nicolás Jasso
    • Guerrero Dual
    Carlos Torrestorija
    • Soldado Héctor
      • Salvador Carrasco
      • Salvador Carrasco
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    • Quotes

      Fray Diego de La Coruña: [on his deathbed] Peace, at last... the final journey.

      Padre Santa María: The final journey? To where, Friar Diego?

      Fray Diego de La Coruña: To where all mortals go.

    • Crazy credits
      The people and animals that appear in this film did not suffer any kind of physical or psychological damage.
    • Soundtracks
      Aria 'Mater Aeterna'
      Performed by Plácido Domingo

      Music by Samuel Zyman

      Lyrics by Salvador Carrasco

    User reviews498

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    A brilliant first film that touches the viewer on many levels.
    Most of us see different films for different reasons; escape to other places or times, a couple of hours of laughter or beautiful cinematography, a chance to look at people who are like no one we know (or exactly like someone we know), a chance to hear some beautiful new music while watching an exciting drama unfold, or perhaps an important lesson about life or history or even about ourselves. Rarely do all these elements come together in one film, but this is the case with La Otra Conquista.

    There is no need to belabor the narrative since so many others have done that here, but even that is refreshing since I don't remember another film that looks at the conquest of this continent from the point of view of those who were here first. It is one of the few times they are not portrayed as a bunch of happy slappy childlike natives or murderin' savages out to rape the virginal white women.

    It is an amazing achievement in so many ways. After the years of struggle and the unbelievably huge obstacles in the path of this dramatization of the last days of the great Aztec empire it's a wonder it was ever completed. It's almost as if forces were still, even now, trying to stamp out their history and their story. But despite the small budget, the years of piece-by-piece shooting, and those who wanted the shameful, dead past to stay dead, La Otra Conquista was made.

    I am listening to the soundtrack as I write this, and the music is as haunting as it was the first time I heard it. The theme that recurs throughout the film appears again and again, sometimes sounding like a monks' plainsong, sometimes like a sacred wise man's chant, until finally it becomes a painful, funereal dirge crying out for the lost past. The music alone made the film worth seeing; nothing like the voice of Placido Domingo to make people sit still and be quiet while the credits are rolling!

    I can only add this: Unless you need your films dumb and lightweight and meaningless, you owe it to yourself to see what was Mexico's biggest home grown hit in history and should have been that country's entry in the Academy Awards. Ironically, the very subject of the film makes it clear why this didn't happen: Our past is always with us. See it if you're lucky enough.
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    • Dec 27, 2002

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    • Release date
      • April 21, 2000 (United States)
      • Mexico
    • Official sites
      • Arenas Entertainment (United States)
      • Carrasco & Domingo Films USA, Inc.
      • Spanish
      • Nahuatl
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Convento de Acolman, Estado de México, Mexico
    • Production companies
      • Carrasco and Domingo Films
      • Salvastian Pictures Inc.
      • ADO Entertainment
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    • 1 hour 45 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby SR

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