The Crime of Father Amaro
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Carlos Carrera
Gael García Bernal
Ana Claudia Talancon
Damián Alcázar
Sancho Gracia
Angélica Aragón
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Recently ordained a priest, 24-year-old Father Amaro is sent to a small parish church in Los Reyes, Mexico to assist the aging Father Benito in his daily work. Benito--for years a fixture in the church as well as the community--welcomes Father Amaro into a new life of unseen challenges. Upon arriving in Los Reyes, the ambitious Father Amaro meets Amelia, a beautiful 16-year-old girl whose religious devotion soon becomes helplessly entangled in a growing attraction to the new priest. Amelia is quickly following into the footsteps of her mother, Sanjuanera, who has been engaged in a long-time affair with Father Benito. Amaro soon discovers that corruption and the Church are old acquaintances in Los Reyes. Father Benito has been receiving financial help from the region's drug lord for the construction of a new health clinic. As well, another priest in the diocese, Father Natalio, is suspected of assisting guerilla troops in the highlands. Meanwhile, Amelia and Father Amaro have fallen in love and have begun a passionate sexual relationship. As things become increasingly more complicated in the small community, the walls around Father Amaro begin to crumble. Torn between the divine and the carnal, the righteous and the unjust, Father Amaro must summon his strength to choose which life he will lead.
Director
Carlos Carrera
Cast
Gael García Bernal
Ana Claudia Talancon
Damián Alcázar
Sancho Gracia
Angélica Aragón
Luisa Huertas
Ernesto Gomez Cruz
Gaston Melo
Andrés Montiel
Pedro Armendßriz
Lorenzo Derodas
Crew
Matias Barberis
Nerio Barberis
Claudia Becker
Carmen Gimenez Cacho
Jose Marie Eca De Queiroz
Scot Evans
Mariestela Fernández
Óscar Figueroa
Guillermo Granillo
Laura Imperiale
Vicente Lenero
Vincent Lenero
Sandra Leon
Atahualpa Lichy
Miguel Lima
Jose-maria Morales
Arturo Ripstein
Daniel Birman Ripstein
Luis David Sansans
Rosino Serrano
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
The Country of Mexico
Released in United States Fall November 15, 2002
Expanded Release in United States November 22, 2002
Released in United States on Video April 1, 2003
Released in United States September 2002
Released in United States January 2003
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival September 19-28, 2002.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 9-20, 2003.
Released in United States Fall November 15, 2002
Expanded Release in United States November 22, 2002
Released in United States on Video April 1, 2003
Released in United States September 2002 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival September 19-28, 2002.)
Released in United States January 2003 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 9-20, 2003.)
