Word: guarani
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...falls serve the picture as a moral and geographical dividing line. Above them, in 18th century Paraguay, live the Guarani Indians, which the movie asks us to believe were converted to Christianity by Jesuit missionaries without damage to their Rousseauean innocence. Below the falls lies an unpleasant civilization, composed of Spanish and Portuguese colonists bent on enslaving the Indians if they can drive out their priestly protectors...