The Mission

One will trust in the power of prayer. One will believe in the might of the sword.

Plot Summary

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.

7.4 /10

1986

GB

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mission

resistance

christianity

religious conversion

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jungle

argentina

colonisation

south america

18th century

jesuits (society of jesus)

indigenous peoples

assimilation

portuguese colonialism

lgbt interest

guaraní

colonial brazil