The Mission
– When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of conv..
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 Portugese aggressors.
31 Oct 1986
English, Guarani, Spanish, Latin
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Roland Joffé
Robert Bolt (original story & screenplay)
Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn
Jeremy Irons plays a Spanish Jesuit who goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region. Robert DeNiro plays a slave hunter who is converted and joins Irons in his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.
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