Dispute in Valladolid

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.

• Jean-Claude CarrièreWriter
• Jean-Daniel VerhaegheDirector

• Jean-Pierre MarielleBartolomé de las Casas
• Jean-Louis TrintignantGinèse de Sepúlveda
• Jean CarmetLe Légat du Pape
• Jean-Michel DupuisLe Colon
• Claude LaugierFrère Ambrosiano
• Didier BourguignonLe scribe
• Dominique NoéUn assesseur du légat
• Emmanuel-Georges DelajoieL'ouvrier africain
• Franck LaigneauLe jeune moine au claquoir
• Jean NehrAssistant de Las Casas
• Jean-Paul EgalonLe soldat
• Michel CharrelLe deuxième colon