Carlos Carrera Screenplay: Vicente Leñero (based on the 1875 novel by José Maria de Eça de Queirós) Country: Mexico Language: Spanish Runtime: 118 minutes Synopsis (Spoiler-light) Father Amaro (Gael García Bernal) arrives in the small town of Los Reyes to assist the aging and morally flexible Father Benito (Sancho Gracia). Benito runs a lucrative business of drug trafficking, bribes, and political manipulation under the guise of pastoral care. Amaro is initially devout, but soon falls into a passionate affair with 16-year-old Amelia (Ana Claudia Talancón), the beautiful daughter of a local woman whose lover is a leftist revolutionary.
The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002) – A Reckoning of Faith, Flesh, and Hypocrisy
A young, idealistic priest is sent to a rural Mexican parish, where he becomes entangled in a forbidden romance with a teenage girl and confronts the deep-seated corruption of the Church.
Carlos Carrera Screenplay: Vicente Leñero (based on the 1875 novel by José Maria de Eça de Queirós) Country: Mexico Language: Spanish Runtime: 118 minutes Synopsis (Spoiler-light) Father Amaro (Gael García Bernal) arrives in the small town of Los Reyes to assist the aging and morally flexible Father Benito (Sancho Gracia). Benito runs a lucrative business of drug trafficking, bribes, and political manipulation under the guise of pastoral care. Amaro is initially devout, but soon falls into a passionate affair with 16-year-old Amelia (Ana Claudia Talancón), the beautiful daughter of a local woman whose lover is a leftist revolutionary.
The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002) – A Reckoning of Faith, Flesh, and Hypocrisy
A young, idealistic priest is sent to a rural Mexican parish, where he becomes entangled in a forbidden romance with a teenage girl and confronts the deep-seated corruption of the Church.
