The Crime of Father Amaro (2002)
- Original title
- El crimen del padre Amaro
- Directed by
- Carlos Carrera
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Argentina, France, Mexico, Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 311 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young priest arrives in a small Mexican town and becomes entangled in a forbidden romantic relationship with a local woman. His actions clash with the church's teachings and lead to a series of personal and moral crises.
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What happens
The Crime of Padre Amaro (Spanish: El crimen del padre Amaro, known by its literal translation The Crime of Father Amaro in Australia) is a 2002 drama film directed by Carlos Carrera and loosely based on the novel O Crime do Padre Amaro (1875) by 19th-century Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queiroz. The film stars Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancón and Sancho Gracia. It premiered on 16 August 2002 in Mexico City. When it was released, The Crime of Padre Amaro caused a controversy on the part of Roman Catholic groups in Mexico who tried to stop the film from being screened. They failed, and the film became the biggest box office draw ever in the country, beating previous record holder, Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (1999), with a gross of $16.3 million. In the United States of America, this film also enjoyed commercial success; Columbia-TriStar Home Entertainment paid less than $1 million to acquire the film's North American distribution rights and released the film theatrically through Samuel Goldwyn Films; the film went on to gross $5.7 million in limited theatrical release in the United States and Canada. At the 75th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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