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The Crime of Padre Amaro

Original title: El crimen del padre Amaro
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Gael García Bernal and Ana Claudia Talancón in The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)
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Politics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest in a small Mexican town.Politics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest in a small Mexican town.Politics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest in a small Mexican town.
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    • Carlos Carrera
    • Vicente Leñero
    • Eça de Queirós(novel)
  • Stars
    • Gael García Bernal
    • Ana Claudia Talancón
    • Sancho Gracia
    • Carlos Carrera
    • Vicente Leñero
    • Eça de Queirós(novel)
  • Stars
    • Gael García Bernal
    • Ana Claudia Talancón
    • Sancho Gracia
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 112User reviews
    • 82Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Gael García Bernal and Ana Claudia Talancón in The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)
    Father Amaro
    Father Amaro (Gael Garcia Bernal) & Amelia (Ana Claudia Talancon)
    Father Amaro (Gael Garcia Bernal) & Amelia (Ana Claudia Talancon)
    Father Amaro (Gael Garcia Bernal) & Dionisia (Luisa Huertas)
    Father Amaro (Gael Garcia Bernal) & Father Natalio (Damian Alcazar)
    Father Amaro (Gael Garcia Bernal) & Father Natalio (Damian Alcazar)
    Father Amaro (Gael Garcia) & Bishop (Ernesto Gomez Cruz)
    AMELIA (Ana Claudia Talancon)
    Father Benito (Sancho Gracia) & Sanjuanera (Angelica Aragon)
    Father Benito (Sancho Gracia) & Sanjuanera (Angelica Aragon)
    Dionisia (Luisa Huertas) & Getsemani (Blanca Loaria)

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    Gael García Bernal
    Gael García Bernal
    • Padre Amaro
    Ana Claudia Talancón
    Ana Claudia Talancón
    • Amelia
    Sancho Gracia
    Sancho Gracia
    • Padre Benito Díaz
    Angélica Aragón
    Angélica Aragón
    • Augustina Sanjuanera
    Luisa Huertas
    Luisa Huertas
    • Dionisia
    Ernesto Gómez Cruz
    Ernesto Gómez Cruz
    • Obispo
    Gastón Melo
    • Martín
    Andrés Montiel
    Andrés Montiel
    • Rubén de la Rosa
    Damián Alcázar
    Damián Alcázar
    • Padre Natalio Pérez
    Gerardo Moscoso
    • Doc
    Alfredo Gonzáles
    • Viejo…
    Verónica Langer
    Verónica Langer
    • Amparito
    Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
    Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
    • Presidente Municipal Gordo
    • (as Pedro Armendáriz)
    Lorenzo de Rodas
    Lorenzo de Rodas
    • Don Paco de la Rosa
    Roger Nevares
    Roger Nevares
    • Padre Galván
    Fernando Becerril
    Fernando Becerril
    • Galarza
    Jorge Zárate
    • Padre Mauro
    Rosa María Castillo
    • Chepina
      • Carlos Carrera
      • Vicente Leñero
      • Eça de Queirós(novel)
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    • Trivia
      This movie began creating controversy even before it was released. Several groups, most of them related to the church, tried to ban it. They did not succeed; instead, tickets were sold out on opening weekend.
    • Goofs
      Amaro gets beaten up by Ruben and receives some bruises in his face. A little later, when he meets Amelia in the church, the bruises are gone.
    • Quotes

      Father Amaro: Tell me your sins, child.

      Amelia: You already know them. And your sins?

    • Crazy credits
      "In memoriam Paco Rabal"
    • Connections
      Featured in The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Te Odio
      Written by Rudy Pérez & Joel Numa

      Performed by Pablo Montero

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    7/10
    Catholic Church Corruption in Mexico
    Crimen del Padre Amaro

    The film Crimen del Padre Amaro is set in Los Reyes, Mexico in 2002. In Mexico by 2002, a continuing economic, political, and social crisis was spiraling deeper and deeper. The chaos was caused by a debt problem and the system of dependent capitalism the debt produced. "Between 1994 and 2000 average wages declined 21 percent" (Keen 317). By 2002, Mexico had become more and more dependent primarily upon the United States, its foreign export, and its investment-capital markets. Despite these setbacks, Mexicans always had something to fall back upon and to look to for support: the Catholic Church.

    The Catholic Church is the main focus in the movie Crimen del Padre Amaro. There are no specific events that occurred within the movie that occurred in real Mexican history; however the events that do occur are believable and likely happened. Within the film, Padre Benito is taking money donations from a local drug lord to help fund a new hospital. Since there are many drug lords in Mexico it is not unbelievable that two of the most powerful groups in Mexico are the drug lords and the Church officials. It makes sense that they would overlap at some point, however I am sure that this scenario does not occur in all areas of Mexico. The director could have made it a little clearer that the drug lord was an actual drug lord; it was a little confusing with the mayor and the drug lord to keep each person separate. Another point of corruption within the Church is the fact that both Padre Benito and Padre Amaro have sexual relations with females despite their celibacy vows. This is not surprising at all, since it has become public knowledge that many Catholic priests have had sexual relations with people in recent years. The director could have shown more of the economic crisis and guerrilla warfare situations more, because they were a little confusing if one did not know or look into what was going on in Mexico in 2002.

    The film is well made and attention-grabbing. The plot is a little confusing at first, as most movies are, however it all becomes much clearer and focused as the movie continues. In the beginning of the movie, Padre Amaro is seen as the good guy, who everyone wanted to succeed; however, by the end of the film, I looked upon Padre Amaro with complete disgust. Ironically, Padre Benito, I felt, was a horrible, corrupt priest in the beginning, and by the end I liked him much more than ever before. Padre Amaro was so young and yet he ended up being the most selfish and corrupt of all the priests in the community. Crimen del Padre Amaro is a very interesting film that is entertaining and worth watching to see what modern-day rural Mexico is like.

    The film Crimen del Padre Amaro shows an interesting outlook of the Catholic Church and the corruption that exists within the Church in Mexico. It is very gripping and definitely worth watching. Although there are parts that can be confusing, it is fascinating to see how rural and "backward" parts of Mexican life can be. I would recommend viewing this movie and on a scale of 1-10, I would give it a 7.

    Works Cited: Keen, Benjamin and Keith Haynes: A History of Latin America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004.
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      • December 13, 2002 (United States)
      • Mexico
      • Argentina
      • Spain
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      • Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico
    • Production companies
      • Alameda Films
      • Artcam International
      • Blu Films
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