2nd Annual
Cine Mexicano:The Mexican Film Series

Rare Screenings of the Best Contemporary Mexican Films!

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August 18 - 20 / New Dates
La Otra Conquista
Mexico, 105 min., 1998, Spanish w/ English subtitles

Screening times: 5:15 p.m., 7:30 p.m. & 9:45 p.m.

"La Otra Conquista is heady stuff, loaded with extravagant spectacle, turmoil and suffering "it's a dazzling, stupendous historical recreation." - Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

La Otra Conquista is written, directed and edited by Salvador Corrasco, produced by Alvaro Domingo and stars Damián Delgado, José Carlos Rodríguez, Elpidia Carrillo, and Iñaki Aierra. La Otra Conquista tells the story of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, but more importantly, the high price the Aztec culture paid, both spiritually and materialistically, at the hands of the Spanish. Writer/director Salvador Corrasco thought it was time to tell the other side of the story, the ones most of us don't learn about in high school. Premiering in Mexico in April 1999, La Otra Conquista became the highest grossing Mexican dramatic film ever released in that country, a true cultural phenomenon attracting an audience of over one million spectators during its four-month run.

Set in the 16th century, this reenactment of the Spanish conquest over the Aztec Indians depicts one native's resistance to convert to Christianity. The infamous massacre at the Great Temple of Mexico leaves the sacred grounds resembling a mass burial lot of Aztec priests and nobility. Topiltzin is the illegitimate son of Moctezuma and escapes from the massacre alive. He is eventually captured by Spanish troops and placed under the care of Friar Diego, whose mission is to convert natives into "civilized" Christians and impose the ways of the New Order.

At Mann Hazard Center 7 (7510 Hazard Center Drive in Mission Valley)

TXS: $7 (no discounts will be available for this exclusive presentation).

Individual tickets can be purchased prior to each screening at the Mann Hazard Center 7 box office.

Rated R for scenes of violence and some strong sexuality/nudity.