The Mission — Film Location
Roland Joffé’s The Mission (1986) opens with a Jesuit priest lashed to a cross and swept over a thundering waterfall, filmed at the Iguazú Falls on the border of Argentina and Brazil. The film follows the eighteenth-century Jesuit reductions built above the cataracts, and the falls themselves — among the largest in the world — become a character in the tragedy.
Filming location: quick answers
Where was The Mission filmed?
The film was shot at the Iguazú Falls on the border of Argentina and Brazil — the opening scene, with a Jesuit priest lashed to a cross and swept over the falls, was filmed there.
What waterfall is in The Mission?
The Iguazú Falls, among the largest in the world. The film follows the eighteenth-century Jesuit reductions built above the cataracts, and the falls themselves become a character in the tragedy.
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