A spiritual and political struggle over indigenous rights, faith, and colonial exploitation in 18th-century South America.
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.
Roland Joffé
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