In the late 18th century, against the backdrop of the decline of the Holy See, the film reflects a story of an Indian parish in European colonial history through a slave trader's road to redemption.
The South American Indian style in the film is rich and the geographical scenery is magnificent, which well creates the epic sense of the film. However, although there are big-name stars, the characters in the film are indeed more facial, and there are not many details outside the plot. For individual detailed scenes, such as the hearing on whether the parish is canceled, the plot should have a very good sense of conflict, but the film However, the interpretation is very dull and dull, and the camera language, lines and character performances lack impact and tension. The more excellent line is said from the film's antagonist, "Our (regime) turning the Indians into slaves is only a physical abuse, and the church's imprisonment of the mind is the real yoke." This was originally a very serious question. How to face the doubts from the interested parties, how to face the naked challenges of secular powers, how to reflect one's real value in the crowd, and how to find the way of redemption for the suffering masses and religion itself. Does religion recede to the purely spiritual realm or is it in reality? Stepping into the torrent of revolutionary salvation in the world? This is a paradoxical heavy proposition. Obviously, the film creators are aware of this, but perhaps because of their superficial understanding of religion and politics, or because they are restricted by many religious and historical views, they cannot express this conflict in depth. Therefore, only two masked characters were selected, and they played the role of puppets in the fate of the Indians in the film's story. One is a devout and humble believer who insists on giving in, the other is spiritually redeemed through faith, and awe-inspiringly breaks through the confinement of the church in reality and returns to human nature. At the end of the film, both of them died violently. His beliefs, his breakthroughs, and the paths they chose did not save themselves or the people of the diocese. The bishop, who represented theocratic power, had long since retreated, ignoring the lives of the believers in the diocese. Property, and lofty beliefs, are also ridiculed and trampled by the powerful, and entrusted to the dust. Maybe this is the conclusion? True belief is not to regard oneself as a loyal servant of God, and even liberation cannot rely on the favor of God. The so-called liberation theology has only one way of failure (two typical examples of Guevara and Gutierrez are very clear). The development of a progressive society in history has its own laws—civilization and resource competition are all for the sake of ethnic groups to survive and live better. Maybe this is the most original and true belief in human society?
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