"but now abideth faith, hope, love...these three. But the greatest of these is love"

Rating: 9/10 (5 April 2010)

An emotionally journey in the South American villages of Brazil where Father Gabriel wants to bring Christianity to the natives and ex-slave hunter Mendoza to his mission in order to find peace for killing his brother. An inspiring, powerful movie about forgiveness, guilt, freedom of human will, redemption and most of all about love and how people are crucified for the protection of every human being. It is also a film with "torn in different thoughts" heroes, torn between learned duties (as a priest for Mendoza) and his past, a conflict between catholic ideals and love as the only spirit and feeling who will live after all (a great final scene , a sunny and silent day in the jungle). 6 Academy Awards Nominations (including Best picture, Director for Joffe, a remarkable original music score from Morricone,for the incredible editing in the battle scene for Jim Clark etc) ,one win for the outrageous cinematography (once again) by Chris Menges, and a pair of -should be AAN- great performances from Irons and De Niro. A masterpiece