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.
Genres:
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
Claude Laugier as Frère Ambrosiano
Didier Bourguignon as Le scribe
Dominique Noé as Un assesseur du légat
Emmanuel-Georges Delajoie as L'ouvrier africain
Franck Laigneau as Le jeune moine au claquoir
Jean Nehr as Assistant de Las Casas
Jean-Paul Egalon as Le soldat
Michel Charrel as Le deuxième colon
Mogan Mehlem as Représentant du Roi
Pascal Elso as Frère Emiliano
Raymond Aulmé as Un dominicain
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