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"The fictional account of Friar Santiago, a Dominican monk, who is sent by the church at the beginning of the sixteenth century to participate in one of the expeditions to the Amazon. The expedition breaks up and Santiago is captured by an indigenous Caribe tribe with whom he remains until the...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Thalia Productions, Fondo de Fomento Cinematográfico (Venezuela), Latin American Video Archives
Other Authors: Lamata, Luis Alberto, Cortázar, Cosme, Rueda, Francis, Milic, Alexander
Format: Video VHS
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Foreign films.
Dominicans > Drama.
Indians of South America > Venezuela > Drama.
Indians of South America > Missions > Drama.
Indians of South America > Colonization > Drama.
America > Discovery and exploration, Spanish > Drama.
Motion pictures, Venezuelan.
Feature films.
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Summary:"The fictional account of Friar Santiago, a Dominican monk, who is sent by the church at the beginning of the sixteenth century to participate in one of the expeditions to the Amazon. The expedition breaks up and Santiago is captured by an indigenous Caribe tribe with whom he remains until the tribe is wiped out by Spanish colonialists"--Container.
Item Description:In Spanish with English subtitles.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1991.
A foreign film (Venezuela).
Letterbox format.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (85 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Música oríginal de Federico Gattorno ; escenografía, Aureliano Alfonzo ; cámara, Carlos Tovar ; sonido y montaje, Mario Nazoa ; dirección de fotografía, Andrés Agustí.