Locals will recognize familiar adobe walls, gardens and trails on the big screen as La Purisima Mission makes its debut in the newly released comedy-drama One Battle After Another , now playing in theaters.

The film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, and Benicio del Toro, used the historic Lompoc landmark as a backdrop during production, celebrating the Santa Barbara County city in a second Hollywood feature since its first 2003 debut in "Seabiscuit."

One Battle is about a “washed-up revolutionary” who “exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa,” according to the studio , with the mission's historic architecture standing in as a striking period setting for several pivotal s

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