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The Crime of Padre Amaro (Spanish: El crimen del padre Amaro, known by its literal translation The Crime of Father Amaro in Australia) is a 2002 Mexican-Spanish drama film directed by Carlos Carrera. It is very loosely based on the novel O Crime do Padre Amaro (1875) by 19th-century Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queiroz .
Dec 13, 2002 · The Crime of Padre Amaro: Directed by Carlos Carrera. With Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancón, Sancho Gracia, Angélica Aragón. Politics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest in a small Mexican town.
O Crime do Padre Amaro: cenas da vida devota (published in translations as The Crime of Father Amaro: Scenes from the Religious Life or The Sin of Father Amaro), is a novel by the 19th-century Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queiroz. It was first published in 1875 to great controversy.
Assigned to help the older Father Benito (Sancho Gracia), Amaro gradually discovers that his elder is not only involved in an affair, but also building a hospital with help from a...
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Nov 15, 2002 · The Crime Of Father Amaro. "The Crime of Father Amaro" arrives surrounded by controversy. One of the most successful Mexican films in history, it has been denounced by William Donohue of the Catholic League for its "vicious" portrait of priests; on the other hand, Father Rafael Gonzalez, speaking for the Council of Mexican Bishops, calls it an ...
Jul 29, 2021 · Theatrical trailer of "The Crime of Padre Amaro" (El crimen del Padre Amaro) by Carlos Carrera. Starring Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancón, Sancho Gracia, Angélica Aragón, Luisa...
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.
Politics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest in a small Mexican town. 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.
To complicate matters, father Amaro soon finds himself in a love affair with the young Sunday school teacher. After a newspaper report, linking the drug lords with the Church, is published, Father Amaro is then trying to cover up and mend the public relations fiasco.
Jun 3, 2003 · Having survived a guerrilla bus hijacking, young Padre Amaro (Gael García Bernal of "Amores Perros" fame) arrives in the small backwater of Los Reyes to be trained by Father Benito (Sancho...
