Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Khan_mohammad_sakiba This film is not just a historical film that touches base with many art house cinematographies, but its scholarship is of interest in many educational arenas. What I took from this film was not just the insight of the bare truth of the Conquest era, but it shadows the truth of wealth distribution in the world. The Spaniard controlled, conquered, and created their own society by eliminating many cultures that were present back in the day. It was the start of Capitalism, I would say. Like the Conquest era, British colonialism also played a major role in creating poverty in the world. This film is not just a history of what had happened in Latino History, but also explains why in the modern 21st century we have such a big gap between rich and poor. The bourgeoisies around the world had the wealth in order to maintain dominance and wealth for generations. It was truly an intellectually crafted art house cinema.

zumpano_elisa_c The Other Conquest is a Mexican masterpiece by the director Salvador Carrasco, who I had the pleasure to take film classes from. It was the first Mexican film to be released by an American film company being this one Fox 21st century. Despite all the difficulties to make the movie and the strong opposition by the government-sponsored film institute in Mexico the film was well made and for the surprise of everyone it broke box office records. The story is set in 1520 when the Spaniards, under the command of Hernando Cortes, arrive in the Aztec Empire to conquer. As Carrasco wrote in a essay called The Invisible Sight: "It was my hope in making 'The Other Conquest' to do just that: To shed new light on old events, which have come to seem so familiar that we are deceived into mistaking familiarity for clarity."The only survivor of the Great Temple massacre, which is the opening scene of the film, is Topiltzin, son of the Emperor Monctezuma, who, as the story goes by, is tried to be converted to Spanish Christianism by a Franciscan Priest, Friar Diego de La Coruna. His life is only spared because his sister, Tecuichpo, is serving as interpreter and mistress of Cortes. He has his name changed from Topiltzin to Tomas and is brought to the Franciscan Monestary of Our Lady of Light to try to be converted, a term known in psychology by a type of coercion called brainwashing: forced attitude change with the victim being kept captive. When Topiltzin sees his mother dead on the beginning of the film, it is kind of a metaphor for orphanage: he only not just loose his mother, but his culture, language and beliefs. The Virgin Mary being represented as a statue instead of a flat is a creative adaptation to make her more like a character. There are two moments in the movie that some filmmakers and critics understand as magical realism, one of them is when the statue of Virgin Mary drops a tear when Topitlzin is being whipped. However, no character reacts to it so it is more like a commentary to suggests what she feels about what they are doing on her name. Based on the fact that the image of the Virgin Mary in Mexico is the dark skin Virgin Guadalupe and the image brought from Europe by Hernando Cortes was the blonde Virgin of Rosario sets the title of the film showing us that the Aztecs did not disappear and raise the question "Who is conquering who?"The direction, production design and the performance of the actors are amazing. It do not let you take your eyes away from the screen even for one second.

clairetianqihou In the film "the other conquest , we can clearly understood what is love and what is belief. Also this film can let you understood the history of North American. Most people may consider that this film is talking about religion, but I don't think that is the subject of this film. I think the Virgin's of Gualalupe is just a symbol, she doesn't belong to any religion, When the main character loves the photo, that show us that the main character not feel along , because the photo is his belief---- about his family and his home town.Also this movie described lot of bloody scenes, such as, at the beginning of this open sense is the great temple Massacre Introduces the protagonist in 1520 the extinction of aggression that Spanish Empire did to Mexico, then Mexico was conquered by Spanish. I am a international student, this film can make me understand North American history . I will bring this film to china , to let more people to know it .

Tyler Cook "La Otra Conquista" or "The Other Conquest" is a 1998 Mexican film directed by Salvador Carrasco. "The Other Conquest" occupies a very unique space in film history in that, to my knowledge, there are no other films that have been made about the Spanish Conquest of Mexico that took place during the 16th Century. The message in "The Other Conquest" is a profound and meaningful one.The film opens with the massacre of the Aztecs that took place at the Great Temple, in what is now Mexico City. The only Aztec survivor is a man named Topiltzin. Everyone Topiltzin knew and loved is gone, as well as everything he believed is now being threatened. Hernan Cortes and the Spanish have taken over and are now forcing the Aztecs to convert to Catholicism. As part of Topiltzin's conversion, Friar Diego serves as his priest, making Topiltzin the focus of his efforts. Topiltzin's struggles throughout the film are very emotionally charged. At points, he even questions his own beliefs and efforts to resist conversion.I highly recommend "The Other Conquest." It's an important film that offers a unique perspective on subject matter that Carrasco seems to have been the first to have touch on. Hopefully, as this filmed is viewed more and more, we will soon have the privilege to view additional films focusing on the Spanish Conquest of Mexico on par with Carrasco's "The Other Conquest."