The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)
Rating: 6.7/10
Duration: 118 min
Director(s): Carlos Carrera,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Gael García Bernal as Padre Amaro
- Sancho Gracia as Padre Benito Díaz
- Luisa Huertas as Dionisia
- Damián Alcázar as Padre Natalio Pérez
- Verónica Langer as Amparito
- Pedro Armendáriz Jr. as El Presidente Municipal Gordo
- Ernesto Gómez Cruz as Obispo
- Ana Claudia Talancón as Amelia
- Angélica Aragón as Augustina Sanjuanera
- Gastón Melo as Martín
- Andrés Montiel as Rubén de la Rosa
- Gerardo Moscoso as Doc
- Alfredo González as Viejo
- Lorenzo de Rodas as Don Paco de la Rosa
- Roger Nevares as Padre Galván