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The Mission — Film Location

31 October 1986
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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