Rodrigo Mendoza has been mercenary and slave trader. The is Jesuit Father Gabriel. The two will fight to defend the mission of San Carlos. The first one with the power of his sword, the second with the strength of their faith ...
A wonderful story based on real events that occurred in 1750 on the border between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, where English and Portuguese divided the world and also the native Guarani, whose only defense was the walls of the missions.
The May 16, 1986 ago today 25 years, was premiered at the Festival de Cannes " The Mission", an extraordinary production Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam for Warner Bros. Pictures .
" A majestic spectacle"
( Jack Kroll, Newsweek )
Directed by Roland Joffé British, who already had given us two years ago, "The Killing Fields," his debut film, "Mission " also had a masterful photography of Chris Menges, architect also of the images of "The Killing Fields."
History tells us this film and its script, were the work of Robert Bolt , legendary British writer of history titles del cine como “Lawrence de Arabia”, “Doctor Zhivago”, “La hija de Ryan”, “Un hombre para la eternidad” o “Motín a bordo”.
“ Con una orquesta, los jesuitas hubiesen podido someter
a todo el continente ”
Y la música, la grandiosa banda sonora que lo envolvía todo, venía de la mano de un maestro en la materia, Ennio Morricone , extraordinary Italian composer who had already then a fruitful and successful career in the world of musical creation, cinema and television.
" Indeed, how could the Indians assume that the death of that dark priest would bring with them a man whose life would be inextricably intertwined with theirs? "
The wonderful character of Father Gabriel reached us masterfully through Jeremy Irons. The British actor had only nine titles since his debut film at the cinema in 1980 with "Nijinsky" but behind it already had a fruitful television production since 1971.
" God has imposed the burden of freedom. Choose your crime, do you have courage to choose your penance? "
Robert De Niro gave life to perfection Rodrigo Mendoza. De Niro and twenty-four had titles for the big screen since he began his film career in 1965 with "Three Rooms in Manhattan."
The deal was completed with names like Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn, Ronald Pickup or Liam Neeson.
And Daniel Berrigan, here as the oldest priest of the Order, which in real life was a Jesuit and well known for his work on behalf of human rights and social justice.
Many of the Guarani of the story were authentic natives who spoke little or no English, so they were given free rein to say whatever they wanted in their respective sentences.
" a film of enormous power and beauty "
( Dennis Cunningham, CBS-TV)
" The Mission "won the Palme at the Cannes Film Festival awarded by a jury chaired by Sydney Pollack. David was also the recipient di Donatello for Best Foreign Film and was nominated in the same category in the French Cesar Awards .
won the Oscar for Best Cinematography , was also nominated in the categories of film, director, editing, soundtrack, art direction and costume design.
obtained the Golden Globe for best screenplay and best original score and is also nominated film director and actor (Jeremy Irons).
was also awarded the British Bafta Award for Best Actor (Ray McAnally), best editing and best original score. And he was also nominated film, direction, photography, costume design, production design, original screenplay, sound and visual effects.
" The events in this film are real. Probably does not happen in the exact way to show them, but they approach much a reality. It is a moving story about the political reality versus the best of human nature. We are of animal nature and thus destroy what we love for selfish interests and goals, yet we are tortured by the feeling that there are other options if we had the strength to carry them out. In political terms are four hundred years ago the same issues with which we fight today "
(Roland Joffé . Los Angeles, November 2002)
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