![]() "Mission" is an absolute plea for the monologue in the main hall. Congo is a country devastated by war and colonisation. Increases, the tone becomes darker and the end dramatic. As the performance progresses, the discomfort increases, the tone becomes darker. Amusing anecdotes punctuate the sometimes shocking narratives. He tells of the plight he has been in, but also of the wonderful experiences. The missionary tells about God and Christian values, about how people destroy each other in war and strife, so that even a man of God sometimes doubts his faith. His main goal is to minimise suffering and make the world a better place. |- Winning souls and "civilising" peoples is not André Vervecken's main goal. He is a flesh-and-blood man, full of emotions and doubts. This priest is not the archaic stereotype we all have in our heads. Thanks to Vanden Broecke's strong and nuanced performance, the audience is both entertained and confronted, and steadily disabused of prevailing prejudices about missionaries. He tells the story of his life and experiences as a missionary in Congo. ![]() ![]() Bruno Vanden Broecke puts himself in the shoes of the 80-year-old white priest André Vervecken. ![]()
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