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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
A feverish, visually elemental conquest expedition that shares the original’s colonial setting, moral corrosion, and fraught power dynamics between European invaders and an unfamiliar empire.
02
Why this pick
Its grand South American landscapes and spiritual-political conflict echo the film’s tragic colonial scale, while centering an uneasy relationship between conquest, faith, and conscience.
03
Why this pick
A sharp, theatrical colonial drama driven by shifting alliances and a personal contest between an imperial agent and the leader he tries to shape.
04
Why this pick
Another story of a foreign adventurer imposing himself on Latin America, rendered with bold stylisation, historical skepticism, and an increasingly corrosive view of conquest.
05
Why this pick
Though set in Europe, it has a similarly spare, stage-like historical intensity: a conquering commander and an intellectual captive develop a precarious, morally charged bond.
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01 / THE STORY
With a small rag-tag band of soldiers, Francisco Pizarro enters the Inca Empire and captures its leader, Atahualpa. Pizarro promises to free him in return for a golden ransom, but later finds himself conflicted between his desire to conquer and his friendship for his captive...
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Francisco Pizarro
De Soto
Estete
Candia
Diego
Atahualpa
Carlos V
Valverde
