The Mission (1986)

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Synopsis
Featuring a majestic score by Ennio Morricone and lush Oscar-winning cinematography by Chris Menges, Roland Joffé's The Mission examines the events surrounding the Treaty of Madrid in 1750, when Spain ceded part of South America to Portugal, and turns this episode into an allegory for the mid-'80s struggles of Latin America. Two European forces are on hand to win the South American natives over to imperialist ways. The plunderers want to extract riches and slaves from the New World. The missionaries, on the other hand, want to convert the Indians to Christianity and win over their souls. Mendoza (Robert De Niro) is an exploiter dabbling in the slave trade. But after he kills his brother Felipe (Aidan Quinn) in a fit of rage, he seeks redemption and calls upon the missionaries to assist him. After repeatedly climbing a cliff with a heavy weight as penance, Mendoza finds redemption and becomes a devout missionary at a settlement run by Gabriel (Jeremy Irons). The missionaries want to promote a new society in which the natives will live together in peace with the Spanish and the Portuguese. But this concept frightens the royal governors, who would rather enslave the natives than encourage peaceful coexistence between the Europeans and the Indians. They order the mission to be burned to the ground. But this event causes a rift between Gabriel, who wants to pray and pursue peaceful resistance, and Mendoza, who wants to take up arms and fight the Europeans. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Production Crew

George Richardson	Art Director
John King	Art Director
Norman Dorme	Art Director
Iain Smith	Associate Producer
Michael Roberts	Camera Operator
Chris Menges	Cinematographer
Ennio Morricone	Composer (Music Score)
Enrico Sabbatini	Costume Designer
Roland Joffé	Director
Jim Clark	Editor
Tommie Manderson	Makeup
David Puttnam	Producer
Fernando Chia	Producer
Jack Stephens	Production Designer
Stuart Craig	Production Designer
Robert Bolt	Screenwriter
Jack Stephens	Set Designer
Peter Hutchinson	Special Effects
Vic Armstrong	Stunts

Genre
Drama
Historical Film

Awards
1986 - Best Film - British Academy Awards
1986 - Best Film (Drama) - Golden Globe
1986 - Best Picture - Academy
1986 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1986 - Grand Technical Prize - Cannes International Film Festival
1986 - Palme d'Or - Cannes International Film Festival
1986 - Sound Award - British Academy Awards
1986 - Visual Effects Award - British Academy Awards
1986 - Grand Technical Prize - Cannes Film Festival
1986 - Palme d'Or - Cannes Film Festival
1986 - Best Picture - Academy
1986 - Best Picture - Academy
1986 - Best Picture - British Academy of Film and Television
1986 - Sound Award - British Academy of Film and Television
1986 - Visual Effects Award - British Academy of Film and Television
1986 - Best Picture - Drama - Golden Globe
1986 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1986 - Grand Technical Prize - Cannes Film Festival
1986 - Palme d'Or - Cannes Film Festival
1986 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1986 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1986 - Best Picture - Drama - Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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Rev. Daniel Berrigan	Sebastian
Robert De Niro	Mendoza
Jeremy Irons	Gabriel
Cherie Lunghi	Carlotta
Ray McAnally	Altamirano
Liam Neeson	Fielding
Asuncion Ontiveros	Indian chief
Ronald Pickup	Hontar
Aidan Quinn	Felipe
Rafael Camerano	Spanish commander
Tony Lawn	Father Provincial
Maria Teresa Ripoll	Carlotta's Maid
Monirak Sisowath	Ibaye

The Mission (1986)

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