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The Other Conquest (Spanish: La Otra Conquista) is a 1999 Mexican historical drama film written and directed by Salvador Carrasco, produced by Alvaro Domingo, and executive produced by Plácido Domingo.
Apr 21, 2000 · The Other Conquest: Directed by Salvador Carrasco. With Damián Delgado, José Carlos Rodríguez, Elpidia Carrillo, Iñaki Aierra. It is May 1520 in the vast Aztec Empire one year after the Spanish Conqueror Hernán Cortés' arrival in Mexico.
Jul 17, 2007 · An epic drama of faith and courage set in the aftermath of the 1521 Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs in Mexico, The Other Conquest ("La Otra Conquista") comes ...
May 31, 2022 · "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 Cortés' command.
In 1520 the illegitimate son of Montezuma (Damián Delgado) rebels against the Spanish army and the new religion it imposes on the Mexican people.
The lone Aztec survivor of the massacre is a young Indian scribe named Topiltzin [Damián Delgado]. Topiltzin, who is the illegitimate son of the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma, survives the onslaught by burying himself under a stack of bodies.
The film is a drama about the aftermath of the 1520s Spanish Conquest of Mexico told from the perspective of the indigenous Aztec people. It explores the social, religious, and psychological changes brought about by a historical process of colonization that both defined the American continent.
