Dispute in Valladolid

(1992)Directed by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe90 minHistory, Drama, TV Movie

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.

Jean-Pierre Marielleas Bartolomé de las Casas
Jean-Louis Trintignantas Ginèse de Sepúlveda
Jean Carmetas Le Légat du Pape
Claude Laugieras Frère Ambrosiano
Didier Bourguignonas Le scribe
Dominique Noéas Un assesseur du légat
Emmanuel-Georges Delajoieas L'ouvrier africain
Franck Laigneauas Le jeune moine au claquoir
Jean Nehras Assistant de Las Casas
Jean-Paul Egalonas Le soldat
Michel Charrelas Le deuxième colon
Mogan Mehlemas Représentant du Roi
Pascal Elsoas Frère Emiliano
Raymond Aulméas Un dominicain