Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Roland Joffé
- Writer
- Robert Bolt
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $24,500,000
Cast
Aidan Quinn
Bercelio Moya
Cherie Lunghi
Chuck Low
Jeremy Irons
Liam Neeson
Ray McAnally
Robert De Niro
Ronald Pickup
Sigifredo Ismare
Keywords
18th century
aftercreditsstinger
argentina
assimilation
christianity
colonial brazil
colonisation
guaraní
indigenous peoples
jesuits (society of jesus)
jungle
mission
portuguese colonialism
religious conversion
resistance
south america
waterfall
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