O Crime — Do Padre Amaro -2002- -pt-

O Crime do Padre Amaro (2002): When Forbidden Desire Collides with Faith

★★★★☆ (4/5)

Directed by Carlos Carrera, this film—based on the classic 1875 novel by Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queirós—transplants the action to contemporary Mexico, but the themes are universally human and deeply rooted in the Portuguese literary tradition. The story follows Amaro (Gael García Bernal) , a handsome, idealistic young priest recently assigned to a small parish in Los Reyes, Mexico. He is taken under the wing of the aging, corrupt Father Benito (Sancho Gracia), a man more interested in money, drug cartel donations, and silencing his mistress than in saving souls. O Crime do Padre Amaro -2002- -PT-