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Where was The Mission filmed?

1987 film, directed by Roland Joffé.

  • Brazil

The story is set in Brazil, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Brazil; South America
Filmed in
Brazil
Distance
About 624 miles (1,005 km) between South America and the nearest filming location.
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About The Mission

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Released
1987
Director
Roland Joffé
Cast
Robert De NiroJeremy IronsRay McAnallyAidan QuinnCherie LunghiLiam NeesonÁlvaro GuerreroFred MelamedChuck LowRonald Pickup
Genre
DramaHistorical
Awards
Academy Award for Best Cinematography; Palme d'Or; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

In the 1750s, Jesuit priest Father Gabriel enters the eastern Paraguayan jungle to convert the Guaraní to Christianity.

One of the Guaraní grabs the oboe from his hands and breaks it in half.

His fiancée Carlotta confesses that she is in love with his brother Felipe.

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