The Crime of Padre Amaro
Lead us not into temptation
DramaRomancedrug crimeheart attackdrug traffickingpregnancymexican provincecelibacypriestcatholicismnew mexican cinema
A morally corrosive drama about institutional hypocrisy and forbidden desire that uses a priest's transgression to interrogate faith, celibacy, and the gap between doctrine and human weakness.
Sent to Mexico to help take care of aging Father Benito, young Father Amaro faces a moral challenge when he meets a 16-year-old girl who he starts an affair with. Likewise, the girl's mother had been having an affair with Father Benito. Father Amaro must choose between a holy or sinful life.
Essence
Ensemble
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
Damián Alcázar
Padre Natalio Pérez
Andrés Montiel
Rubén de la Rosa
Gerardo Moscoso
Doc
Alfredo González
Viejo
Verónica Langer
Amparito
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