Keywords: native language, priest, 16th century, omagua indian, venezuela, religious conflict, native american, missionary, male nudity, jungle
PlotStoryline
In early 16th-century Venezuela, priest Santiago flees Spanish brutality, is captured by Omagua people, and, as he learns their ways, abandons conversion-until the conquistadors return.
In the early 16th century, priest Fray Santiago is sent on a mission to Venezuela to convert the indigenous people. Disgusted by the brutality of the Spanish soldiers accompanying him, he escapes with a small band of rebels, only to be attacked by the Omagua tribe. Taken to their village, he learns their language and begins to understand their way of life. As they accept him as one of their own, he abandons his efforts at Christianization. But the Spaniards return.
