El Dorado (1988 film)

El Dorado
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Directed by	Carlos Saura
Written by	Carlos Saura
Produced by	Andrés Vicente Gómez
Starring	Omero Antonutti Lambert Wilson Inés Sastre Eusebio Poncela
Cinematography	Teodoro Escamilla
Edited by	Pedro del Rey
Music by	Alejandro Massó
Release date	20 April 1988 (1988-04-20)(Spain)
Running time	149 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

El Dorado is a 1988 Spanish film written and directed by Carlos Saura. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. ^[1]

Synopsis

The film is about an expedition down the Amazon and Orinoco rivers in 1560 by Spanish soldiers searching for the fabled city of gold, El Dorado. Taking some followers and family along on the journey, they descend into madness and battle the environment and each other.

Cast

• Omero Antonutti as Lope de Aguirre
• Lambert Wilson as Pedro de Ursúa
• Eusebio Poncela as Guzmán
• Gabriela Roel as Inés
• Inés Sastre as Elvira
• José Sancho as La Bandera
• Patxi Bisquert as Pedrarías
• Francisco Algora as LLamoso
• Féodor Atkine as Montoya
• Abel Vitón as Henao
• Francisco Merino as Alonso Esteban
• Mariano González as Zalduendo
• Gladys Catania as Juana
• Alfredo Catania as Vargas
• Gustavo Rojas as Carrión

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: El Dorado". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.

External links

• El Dorado at IMDb
• El Dorado at Rotten Tomatoes