The Priest's Secret (1940)

Original title

El secreto del sacerdote

Directed by

Joselito Rodríguez

Genre

drama film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Catholic priest overhears a secret during confession that puts him in a difficult position. He struggles with whether to break the confidentiality of the confessional and report what he knows to the police.

moral-conflictsomberrestrainedintrospectiveserioustenseclassicthematic

What happens

The Priest's Secret (Spanish: El secreto del sacerdote) is a 1941 Mexican drama film directed by Joselito Rodríguez and starring Arturo de Córdova, Alicia de Phillips and Pedro Armendáriz. A Catholic priest is conflicted about informing the police of something he heard in confession. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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