The Mission (1986)


Robert De Niro          Captain Rodrigo Mendoza
Jeremy Irons            Father Gabriel
Aidan Quinn             Felipe
Ray McAnally            Cardinal Altamirano
Liam Neeson             Fielding
Bercelio Moya           Indian Boy
Ronald Pickup           Hontar
Rolf Gray               Young Jesuit
Alvaro Guerrero         Jesuit
Charles Low             Don Cabeza
Monirak Sisowath        Ibaye
Asuncion Ontiveros      Indian Chief
Alejandrino Moya        Chief's Lieutenant
Cherie Lunghi           Carlotta
Sigifredo Ismare        Witch Doctor
Daniel Berrigan (II)    Sebastian

Directed by:            Roland Joffe
Produced by:            David Puttnam, Fernando Ghia, Ian Smith


Two missionaries fight for the rights of South American Indians against Spanish colonial landowners.

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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 Portugese aggressors.

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Father Gabriel ascends the mountains of Brazil to bring christianity to the natives. He is successful and 
brings about a golden age among them. Mendoza, a slaver, kills his brother in a fit of rage, and only 
Fr. Gabriel's guidance prevents his suicide. Gabriel brings Mendoza to work at his mission with the natives, 
and Mendoza finds peace and asks to become a priest. The church , under pressure, cedes the land to the 
Portuguese which will allow slavers in again. Mendoza breaks his vows and organizes the natives to resist 
while Gabriel warns him to help them as a priest.