El crimen del padre Amaro (2002)
(The Crime of Padre Amaro)
Country: MEX/SP/ARG/FR
Technical: col 118m
Director: Carlos Carrera
Cast: Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Tarancón, Sancho Gracia, Pedro Armendáriz
Synopsis:
A newly trained priest is sent to a remote Mexican town to gain experience prior to becoming the bishop's personal assistant. His response to the temptations, venal and sexual, of the real world, together with his ambition, lead to injustice and abuse of the trust of one of his adoring flock.
Review:
A love story whose development is signalled early on culminates in a more disastrous manner than one expects. Not a film likely to restore any faltering faith in the integrity of the catholic church, though it is really about the devastating effects of human weakness when it originates in one in a position of influence.
(The Crime of Padre Amaro)
Country: MEX/SP/ARG/FR
Technical: col 118m
Director: Carlos Carrera
Cast: Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Tarancón, Sancho Gracia, Pedro Armendáriz
Synopsis:
A newly trained priest is sent to a remote Mexican town to gain experience prior to becoming the bishop's personal assistant. His response to the temptations, venal and sexual, of the real world, together with his ambition, lead to injustice and abuse of the trust of one of his adoring flock.
Review:
A love story whose development is signalled early on culminates in a more disastrous manner than one expects. Not a film likely to restore any faltering faith in the integrity of the catholic church, though it is really about the devastating effects of human weakness when it originates in one in a position of influence.
(The Crime of Padre Amaro)
Country: MEX/SP/ARG/FR
Technical: col 118m
Director: Carlos Carrera
Cast: Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Tarancón, Sancho Gracia, Pedro Armendáriz
Synopsis:
A newly trained priest is sent to a remote Mexican town to gain experience prior to becoming the bishop's personal assistant. His response to the temptations, venal and sexual, of the real world, together with his ambition, lead to injustice and abuse of the trust of one of his adoring flock.
Review:
A love story whose development is signalled early on culminates in a more disastrous manner than one expects. Not a film likely to restore any faltering faith in the integrity of the catholic church, though it is really about the devastating effects of human weakness when it originates in one in a position of influence.