The Other Conquest

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The Other Conquest
(La Otra Conquista)
Directed bySalvador Carrasco
Written bySalvador Carrasco
Produced byAlvaro Domingo
Starring
CinematographyArturo de la Rosa
Edited bySalvador Carrasco
Music by
  • Samuel Zyman
  • Jorge Reyes
Production
companies
Distributed by
Nahuatl
Box office$894,410 (United States)[2]

The Other Conquest (

Hernan Cortés and placed in the care of a friar
.

Samuel Zyman's score was recorded by the

Twentieth Century Fox in 1999, the film received positive reviews and was a Mexican box office success. The film was rereleased for the United States in 2008.[4]

Plot

Topilzin, a scribe and the illegitimate son of Montezuma, finds himself at odds with the new Spanish rule. Refusing the new Christian religion and assaulting a friar, Topilzin is handed over to the army by his brother and brought to Hernán Cortés and his lover, Tecuichpo. Topilzin's life is spared and he is flogged in public, receiving a spiritual revelation. Topilzin abandons his life as a scribe to become a monk, joining an order led by friar Diego.

Cast

  • Damián Delgado as Topiltzin / Tomás
  • José Carlos Rodríguez as Fray Diego de La Coruña
  • Elpidia Carrillo as Tecuichpo / Doña Isabel
  • Iñaki Aierra as
    Hernando Cortés
  • Honorato Magaloni as Capitán Cristóbal Quijano
  • Guillermo Ríos as Alanpoyatzin - brother
  • Diana Bracho as Doña Juana
  • Carlos Torres Torrija as Soldier Héctor (credited as Carlos Torrestorija)

Reception

Box office

Distributed by

Twentieth Century Fox, "enjoying the biggest opening weekend of any Mexican film in history on its home turf".[5]

Critical response

Rotten Tomatoes gives a score of 85% based on 13 reviews.[6] The film's song-cycle Solamente Sola was descibred as "couched in effusive and seductive folk styles... a hauntingly evocative cycle on poems by Salvador Carrasco".[7]

References

  1. ^ Tsao, Leonardo Garcia (August 30, 1999). "The Other Conquest". Variety. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "The Other Conquest". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  3. ^ "Welcome to Presser Online". www.presser.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2003.
  4. ^ "The Other Conquest Conquers America". alibi.com. May 3, 2007.
  5. ^ Mark Deming (2008). "Movie Reviews". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 28, 2008.
  6. ^ "The Other Conquest". Rotten Tomatoes.
  7. ^ "Welcome to Presser Online". www.presser.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2003.

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