I absolutely adore The Mission (1986). It is gorgeous. It is
moralistic while still presenting different points of view. It both upholds and tears down religion. All
good things I like. The priest that Jeremy Irons plays is, more than anyone
else, the movie character on which I have based my life. Like him, I jumped
into a culture that is not well understood, embraced that culture, loved those
people, built community among those people and stand up for them before
authorities that try to tear it down. I might hope that my end would be
different than Father Gabriel, but what comes is what comes.
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