The Mission

South American jungle, 18th century, a waterfall resounds. A Jesuit priest and a slave hunter forge an unlikely alliance, their mission a fragile outpost. Joffé grounds his epic in the muddy realities of colonialism.

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Roland Joffé directed The Mission in 1986. See Roland Joffé's full filmography, where to start with Roland Joffé, or where to go after you've seen everything by Roland Joffé.

The Mission was released in 1986 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 125 minutes.