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The Mission is a 1986 British period drama film about the experiences of a Jesuit missionary in 18th-century South America. Directed by Roland Joffé and written by Robert Bolt , the film stars Robert De Niro , Jeremy Irons , Ray McAnally , Aidan Quinn , Cherie Lunghi , and Liam Neeson .
Oct 31, 1986 · The Mission: Directed by Roland Joffé. With Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn. Eighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.
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- Adventure, Drama, History
- Roland Joffé
- 1986-10-31
A film about Jesuit missionaries in South America who try to protect a native tribe from slavery and colonialism. The plot follows the journey of Father Gabriel, a priest who converts the Guaraní, and Rodrigo Mendoza, a former slave trader who joins him.
A visually stunning epic, The Mission recounts the true story of two men - a man of the sword (Robert De Niro) and a man of the cloth (Jeremy Irons). 5,040 IMDb 7.4 2 h 4 min 1986. X-Ray PG. Adventure · Drama · Serious · Sad. Available to rent or buy.
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.
- Roland Joffé
- PG
- 20
On the other hand, there are the missionaries, who want to convert the Indians to Christ. The central figure in the movie is Mendoza ( Robert De Niro ), who begins as the first kind of imperialist and ends as the second. Early in the film, he is a slave trader, a man of the flesh.
When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors. 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.
