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Apocalypto is a 2006 film directed by Mel Gibson that takes place 600 years ago in the territory of modern-day Mexico during the decline of the Mayan civilization and before the Spanish colonization of the Americas.

Plot outline

Apocalypto is a mythic historical drama set 600 years ago, prior to the 16th century Spanish conquest of Meso-America, against the turbulent end times of the once-great Mayan civilization. When a man's idyllic existence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family, he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.

Background

Mel Gibson filmed Apocalypto mainly in Catemaco and Paso de Ovejas, both located in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Gibson uses the Yucatec Maya language in Apocalypto, in the same way he used Aramaic and Latin for his religious blockbuster The Passion of the Christ
. Apocalypto features a cast of unknown actors from Mexico City, the Yucatán, some Native Americans from the United States, and locals from Los Tuxtlas and Veracruz. While Gibson is financing the film himself, Disney has signed on to release Apocalypto for a fee in certain markets. The film is slated for an August 4, 2006 release.

Cast

Trivia

The title Apocalypto is a Greek verb (αποκαλύπτω) which means "an unveiling" or "new beginning", but the movie is not religiously themed or connected to the biblical Apocalypse.
Although Mel Gibson does not star in the film, he does have a one frame cameo about 1:45 seconds into the first teaser trailer.
The film is allegedly inspired by the text of the Popol Vuh, (sometimes called the Maya Bible) and Spanish missionary descriptions of the Maya.

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