PLOT:
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.
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.
We watched this movie for our Heroic Leadership (Ignatian Theology Class) for MBA - APEX... the heartwarming story gave us depression hahahha.. it pains me a lot when I see movies with a depressing ending, but hey, this is reality, from historical facts. It somehow makes you think, what good is doing good when evil somehow prevails? but morally, we must understand that though invisible to the eye, the effects of these stories motivate people and in the end it bring good to emerge as victors.
This is another poster of the said movie. The sword is quite symbolic in the movie, since Mendoza pledged for himself to never hold a sword after killing his beloved brother for a woman... and yet, was forced to use it again to defend the natives.
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.
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.
This is another poster of the said movie. The sword is quite symbolic in the movie, since Mendoza pledged for himself to never hold a sword after killing his beloved brother for a woman... and yet, was forced to use it again to defend the natives.
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