El crimen del padre Amaro (2002)

Director:

Carlos Carrera

Writers:

Vicente Leñero (writer)
Eça de Queirós (novel)

Release Date:

16 August 2002 (Mexico)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Lead us not into temptation

Plot:

Politics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest in a small Mexican town.

Plot Keywords:

Priest | Church | Mexico | Drugs | Corruption

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 20 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

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

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)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, language and some disturbing images.

Runtime:

USA:118 min

Country:

Mexico | Spain | Argentina | France

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:R21 (cut) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Canada:14A | Chile:14 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | New Zealand:R13 | Norway:15 | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico

Company:

Alameda Films

Trivia:

This movie is based on the 1875 novel of the same name by Eça De Queiroz.

Goofs:

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.

Quotes:

The Mayor: I rule for my people, not for my party.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Holiday (2006)

Soundtrack:

Mitad de Mí

the true crime of padre Amaro

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.