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.
Directed by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe
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Cast
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Bartolomé de las Casas
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Ginèse de Sepúlveda
Jean Carmet
Le Légat du Pape
Jean-Michel Dupuis
Le Colon
Claude Laugier
Frère Ambrosiano
Didier Bourguignon
Le scribe
Dominique Noé
Un assesseur du légat
Emmanuel-Georges Delajoie
L'ouvrier africain
Franck Laigneau
Le jeune moine au claquoir
Jean Nehr
Assistant de Las Casas
Jean-Paul Egalon
Le soldat
Michel Charrel
Le deuxième colon
Mogan Mehlem
Représentant du Roi
Pascal Elso
Frère Emiliano
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