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This controversial film follows a handsome young priest, Padre Amaro (played by Gael Garcia Bernal from
Y Tu Mamá También and
Amores Perros), who arrives in a small town and finds himself surrounded by hypocrisy and corruption--and also finds himself tempted by a beautiful young woman who confesses that when she "touches herself," she thinks of Jesus. What makes
El Crimen del Padre Amaro (
The Crime of Father Amaro) particularly effective is that Amaro is no innocent--he skillfully forces a newspaper publisher to retract a scandalous story about the Church and is willing to take extreme steps to preserve his career. Some of the movie's harsher digs at the Catholic Church have provoked accusations of prejudice; but though
Padre Amaro portrays a world in which no one's hands are clean, it also finds redeeming qualities in every character. A complex, completely engrossing movie.
--Bret Fetzer
Product Description
Stars Gael Garcia (Amores Perros) as the title character. He's a newly ordained priest sent to work in a small church community in Mexico by the Bishop. He arrives wide eyed and full of optimism hoping to serve God and his parish however he quickly butts heads with the elder priest in charge Father Benito. Benito is known to accept drug money from the local drug lord in order to subsidise the construction of a new hospital and in addition is carrying on an affair with a local woman. 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. Amaro has also been asked by the Bishop to reign in the renegade priest who has affiliations with guerrilla soldiers. Needless to say moral dilemmas abound and Father Amaro's idealism is put to the test by personal political and church pressures.System Requirements:Running Time: 119 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: FOREIGN/LATIN Rating: R UPC: 043396004672 Manufacturer No: 00467
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