El sacerdote (1978)

Directed by

Eloy de la Iglesia

Genre

drama film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

18

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Catholic priest experiences a personal crisis when his sexuality is awakened. He struggles to reconcile his conservative faith with his new feelings and turns to self-punishment.

dramatictenseintrospectiveemotionalconflictedtroubledintimateserious

What happens

El Sacerdote (English: The Priest) is a 1978 Spanish film directed by Eloy de la Iglesia and starring Simón Andreu, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba and Esperanza Roy. The plot centres around a Catholic priest who suffers a personal crisis when his sexuality is suddenly awakened. Unable to reconcile his deep conservative religious faith with his sexual obsession, he spirals into a path of self-punishment. The script was first offered to Pilar Miró. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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