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Release Date:
16 August 2002 (Mexico) more
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Lead us not into temptation more
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Politics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest in a small Mexican town. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar. Another 20 wins & 13 nominations more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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 / Bishop
Gastón Melo ... Martín
Damián Alcázar ... Padre Natalio Pérez

Andrés Montiel ... Rubén de la Rosa
Gerardo Moscoso ... Doc
Alfredo Gonzáles ... Viejo / Old Man
Pedro Armendáriz Jr. ... El Presidente Municipal Gordo / Mayor Gordo (as Pedro Armendáriz)

Verónica Langer ... Amparito
Lorenzo de Rodas ... Don Paco de la Rosa
Roger Nevares ... Padre Galván
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
El crimen del padre Amaro (Argentina) (Spain)
The Crime of Father Amaro (International: English title) (UK)
Le crime du père Amaro (France)
The Crime of Padre Amaro (USA) (DVD title)
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Rated R for sexuality, language and some disturbing images.
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USA:118 min
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Trivia:
This movie is based on the 1875 novel of the same name by Eça De Queiroz. more
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Continuity: Amaro gets beaten up by Ruben and receives some bruises in his face. A little later, when he meets Amelia in the church, the bruises are gone. more
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The Mayor: I rule for my people, not for my party. more
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Referenced in The Holiday (2006) more
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Mitad de Mí more

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the true crime of padre Amaro, 9 December 2004
Author: Boris Todorov (btodorov@ucla.edu) from Seoul, South Korea

The movie is not about how evil or backward the Roman Catholic Church is, it is about the personal weakness of an ambitious young man who succumbs to lust, yet does not give up his dream of becoming the local bishop. AMARO IS NOT A VICTIM, of all sinful characters of the story, he is the MOST SINFUL. He betrayed everyone: he got his lover killed, his lover's boyfriend fired, the sexton with the disabled daughter thrown out of his home, he almost had the older priest dead, he even accused the previous boyfriend of having knocked up the girl. Amaro IS a despicable person and that is what the whole movie is about: how some men do not stand to their duty.

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