In his bravura feature debut, Carrasco has created nothing less than a dazzling vision of the birth of a uniquely Mexican religion born of the searing fusion of Catholic and Aztec deities.

“The Other Conquest” (“La Otra Conquista”) preemed in L.A. in advance of its domestic openings this week with exec producer Placido Domingo, son-producer Alvaro Domingo, writer/director Salvador Carrasco and its star Elpidia Carrillo on hand at the Acad gala for the spectacular film.