'ORO' OR 'GOLD'
SPANISH EPIC ADVENTURE
Oro opens today in Northern America |
The movie played last month in Spain |
THE STORY OF 'GOLD'
is set in the sixteenth century, when the Spanish conquistadors Lope de Aguirre and Nunez de Balboa embark on an epic expedition consisting of 30 men and 2 women, through the Amazon jungle, in search of a mythical city that, it is said, is made entirely of gold. Amazon rainforest, 1538. King Carlos V sends a group of Spanish soldiers to
the new continent to locate Teziutlan, a legendary city made
of gold, to claim it to the Spanish Empire. Alone in the rainforest and
without a help, soldiers face not only indigenous tribes but also
treason and deadly ambition. When another expedition is sent after them
to arrest their leader of treason they must decide whether to fight
against them or to continue to Teziutlan. But the rivalry and hate
between them will reveal more dangerous than the own rainforest and the
indigenous tribes.
is set in the sixteenth century, when the Spanish conquistadors Lope de Aguirre and Nunez de Balboa embark on an epic expedition consisting of 30 men and 2 women, through the Amazon jungle, in search of a mythical city that, it is said, is made entirely of gold. Amazon rainforest, 1538. King Carlos V sends a group of Spanish soldiers to
The story is set in the 16th century Amazon |
Ah Greed, the engine of human history.
ReplyDeleteSpanish history is literally written in blood, oceans of blood
DeleteHI Dezzy.....
ReplyDeleteoh, hello, stranger :)
DeleteI'm with Debra here. Sounds like pure greed to me...
ReplyDelete'tis the last place I'd wanna find myself ever
DeleteSpanish conquistadors is a nice subject, love this century...
ReplyDeleteit was such a crazy century
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