Review of Cabeza de Vaca (1991) by Michael D — 07 Feb 2009
This film chronicles the true story of Cabeza de Vaca, a Spanish explorer circa 1528 who was shipwrecked in Florida and was forced to live among the natives, where he slowly learned to respect their way of life.
I?d been reading about this guy lately, and I decided to track down this fairly obscure movie at my library as it?s not available on DVD. It is a fairly gritty production, you can really just feel the suffering in the environment.
The production values are competent, but not up to Hollywood standards. The acting is not great, the man playing de Vaca overacts? a lot. Still this is an interesting story, and while the movie isn?t a great work of art, it does what it sets out to do respectably well.
This review of Cabeza de Vaca (1991) was written by Michael D on 07 Feb 2009.
Cabeza de Vaca has generally received very positive reviews.
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