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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.
Mercenary and slaver Rodrigo Mendoza (Robert De Niro) makes his living kidnapping natives and selling them to nearby plantations, including the plantation of the Spanish Governor Cabeza (Chuck Low). Mendoza subsequently finds his fiancee (Cherie Lunghi) and his younger half-brother Felipe (Aidan Quinn) in bed together.
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.
66K. YOUR RATING. Rate. POPULARITY. 3,372. 172. Adventure Drama History. Eighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal. Director. Roland Joffé. Writer. Robert Bolt. Stars. Robert De Niro. Jeremy Irons. Ray McAnally. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY
SDG. It won the top prize at Cannes in 1986 and was nominated for a Best Film Oscar; but for many American critics and audiences, Roland Joffé’s The Mission was something of an enigma. 1986, Warner Bros. Directed by Roland Joffé. Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Aidan Quinn, Liam Neeson. Artistic/Entertainment Value.
In THE MISSION, mercenary and enslaver Captain Rodrigo Mendoza ( Robert De Niro) is wracked with guilt over killing his brother in duel. He manages to find a new purpose in life when he becomes a Jesuit monk in an 18th-century South American mission.
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Synopsis. 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)--both Jesuit missionaries who defied the colonial forces of mighty Spain and Portugal to save an Indian tribe from slavery in mid-18th-century South America.
