Dispute in Valladolid
movie

Released July 20, 1992
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.
Cast

Jean-Pierre Marielle
as
Bartolomé de las Casas

Jean-Louis Trintignant
as
Ginèse de Sepúlveda

Jean Carmet
as
Le Légat du Pape

Jean-Michel Dupuis
as
Le Colon

Claude Laugier
as
Frère Ambrosiano

Didier Bourguignon
as
Le scribe

Dominique Noé
as
Un assesseur du légat
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Emmanuel-Georges Delajoie
as
L'ouvrier africain
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Franck Laigneau
as
Le jeune moine au claquoir
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Jean Nehr
as
Assistant de Las Casas
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Jean-Paul Egalon
as
Le soldat

Michel Charrel
as
Le deuxième colon

