The Mission
The Mission
“ One will trust in the power of prayer. One will believe in the might of the sword. ”
CINEMA1986-09-06
RegionGB
Runtime125 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.
DIRECTOR / Director
Roland Joffé
KEYWORDS
missionresistancechristianityreligious conversionbased on true storywaterfalljungleargentinacolonisationsouth america18th centuryaftercreditsstingerjesuits (society of jesus)indigenous peoplesassimilationportuguese colonialismguaranícolonial brazil
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