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Dispute in Valladolid
1992 6.8 (33 votes) 1h 30m
Genres
History Drama TV Movie
Production Companies
RTBF
La Sept Cinéma

Dispute in Valladolid (La controverse de Valladolid)

Overview

Spain conquered the seas, found a new world and different realities than the one known in Europe. But a question needed to be answered with what they found in those new territories: do the Indians have souls? The Church, bound to protect and convert the natives and the conquerors who treated them like slaves and thought they were only merchandising, expose their arguments and reasonings at what would be known as the Vallidolid controversy. Between them, there's a cardinal hearing both parts and trying to get reasonable answers from this critical question.

Key Crew

Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe

Writer: Jean-Claude Carrière

Top Cast

Jean-Pierre Marielle
Jean-Pierre Marielle

Bartolomé de las Casas

Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Louis Trintignant

Ginèse de Sepúlveda

Jean Carmet
Jean Carmet

Le Légat du Pape

Jean-Michel Dupuis
Jean-Michel Dupuis

Claude Laugier

Frère Ambrosiano

Didier Bourguignon
Didier Bourguignon

Le scribe

Dominique Noé
Dominique Noé

Un assesseur du légat

Emmanuel-Georges Delajoie

L'ouvrier africain

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