The Crime of Padre Amaro
Lead us not into temptation
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10/1/2002Runtime
118 minsOverview
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.
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A withering examination of institutional hypocrisy and personal weakness wrapped in intimate drama. The film lays bare the distance between priestly ideals and human frailty with quiet, devastating precision.
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Gael García Bernal
Padre Amaro
Ana Claudia Talancón
Amelia
Sancho Gracia
Padre Benito Díaz
Angélica Aragón
Augustina Sanjuanera
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Obispo
Gastón Melo
Martín
Damián Alcázar
Padre Natalio Pérez
Andrés Montiel
Rubén de la Rosa
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
El Presidente Municipal Gordo
Luisa Huertas
Dionisia
Blanca Loaria
Getsemaní
Juan Ignacio Aranda
Chato Aguilar
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