The Crime of Padre Amaro
The young Father Amaro is put to the test. He is sent to Mexico to help take care of aging Father Benito when he meets a 16-year-old girl that he begins and affair with. It turns out the girls mother had been having an affair with Father Benito. Father Amaro must soon choose between the holy or the sinful life.
Drama, Romance
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Alameda Films, Cinecolor-México, Cinecolor-Argentina, Artcam y Fonds Sud Cinéma
Gael García Bernal as Padre Amaro, Ana Claudia Talancón as Amelia, Sancho Gracia as Padre Benito Díaz, Angélica Aragón as Augustina Sanjuanera, Ernesto Gómez Cruz as Obispo, Gastón Melo as Martín, Damián Alcázar as Padre Natalio Pérez, Andrés Montiel as Rubén de la Rosa, Pedro Armendáriz Jr. as El Presidente Municipal Gordo, Blanca Loaria as Getsemaní, Juan Ignacio Aranda as Chato Aguilar, Verónica Langer as Amparito, Jorge Zárate as Padre Mauro, Lorenzo de Rodas as Don Paco de la Rosa, Roger Nevares as Padre Galván