The Crime of Father Amaro (El Crimen del Padre Amaro) (2002)

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Directed by

Carlos Carrera

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Gael García Bernal
Padre Amaro

Ana Claudia Talancón
Amelia

Sancho Gracia
Padre Benito Díaz

Angélica Aragón
Augustina Sanjuanera

Luisa Huertas
Dionisia

Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Obispo

Gastón Melo
Martín

Andrés Montiel
Rubén de la Rosa

Written by

Eça De Queirós
novel

Vicente Leñero

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Description: Recently ordained a priest, 24-year-old Father Amaro is sent to a small parish church in Los Reyes, Mexico to assist the aging Father Benito in his daily work. Benito — for years a fixture in the church as well as the community — welcomes Father Amaro into a new life of unseen challenges. Upon arriving in Los Reyes, the ambitious Father Amaro meets Amelia, a beautiful 16-year-old girl whose religious devotion soon becomes helplessly entangles in a growing attraction to the new priest. Amelia is quickly following into the footsteps of her mother, Sanjuanera, who has been engaged in a long-time affair with Father Benito. Amaro ... (more)

Release date: 16 August 2002
UPC: 043396004672

Tags: Spanish (6), Sin (3), Mexico (3), Catholicism (3), Politics (2), 2000s (2), Priest (2), Pregnancy (2), Religion (2), Death (2), Abortion (2), 2002 (1), Crime (1), Church (1), Romance (1), Virgin (1), Mexican (1), Innocence (1), Drama (1)

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