1. The film consists of three parts:
[1] The first paragraph talks about an awakening of the individual, in the case of the film, through the inspiration of religious teachings. In the story, a mercenary warrior has the courage not to be afraid of death, and kills people like hemp, but he killed his younger brother in a furious impulse. After recovering, can he have the courage to face himself? Courage? - A missionary questioned his soul. Lao Tzu said, "Those who conquer others are powerful, and those who conquer themselves are stronger." The real power is not to convince others with strength, but to face oneself, recognize oneself, challenge oneself, and surpass oneself.
[2] The second paragraph, such an awakened individual, after all, is still living in a realistic social environment, and society is full of lazy and drunkards, full of sentient beings, and sentient beings are fools (otherwise, there is no need for Buddha’s enlightenment. ), is a mercenary, is a greedy for profit, the test of such an awakened person is whether he can stick to his own path. When the Jesuits, the Missionary Brotherhood, and other groups that carry out plundering in the name of love, combine political and military purposes to colonize, what should such a converted believer do? Lao Tzu said, "The strong man has ambition." Those who can stick to their beliefs and go on, those who strive to practice and realize, and who do not go with the flow, are those who have autonomy.
[3] In the third paragraph of the story, the climax of the bloody conflict, we see a character like Boyi Shuqi, and also a character like King Wu of Zhou, the former is the absolute advocate of love and peace (in the film by Jeremy Irons represented), the latter is an armed leader who had to go out in reality (represented by Robert De Niro in the film). Although this group of ardent Jesuit priests all died and led to the extermination of many local ethnic groups in South America, their spirit was clearly observed and passed on forever. life of the dead". However, resource plunderers and politicians who have temporarily emerged in the times and have power for a while, or the secular churches seeking fame, fortune and power, are like dark clouds that dissipate after the rain has passed the sky, and they will no longer be remembered.
2. The film puts the adherents of the Way, those who hold on to their beliefs, to exercise in the vast mountains and rivers, and put them under the competition and struggle of powerful national political forces, and then sing a moving story in colonial history. The film Church (The Mission, 1986) won the Palme d'Or. At that time, the United States emphasized and demonstrated the spirit of humanitarianism. There is indeed a model of the world's big brother, and now is it safe?
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