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The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)
Directed by Carlos Carrera
“Lead us not into temptation”
Drama, Romance · 1h 58m
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
Padre Amaro
Ana Claudia Talancón
Amelia
Sancho Gracia
Padre Benito Díaz
Angélica Aragón
Augustina Sanjuanera
Luisa Huertas
Dionisia
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Obispo
G
Gastón Melo
Martín
Damián Alcázar
Padre Natalio Pérez
Andrés Montiel
Rubén de la Rosa
G
Gerardo Moscoso
Doc
A
Alfredo González
Viejo
Verónica Langer
Amparito
Crew
- Director
- Carlos Carrera
- Screenplay
- Vicente Leñero
- Novel
- Eça de Queirós
- Director of Photography
- Guillermo Granillo
- Original Music Composer
- Rosino Serrano
- Editor
- Óscar Figueroa
- Producer
- Daniel Birman Ripstein, Atahualpa Lichy, José María Morales, Claudia Becker, Scot Evans, Alfredo Ripstein Jr.
Details
- Original title
- El crimen del padre Amaro
- Release date
- 2002-10-01
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Mexico
- Production
- Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Alameda Films, Cinecolor-México, Cinecolor-Argentina, Artcam y Fonds Sud Cinéma, Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad
- Budget
- $1,800,000