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Dominican Rep. The Crime of Father Amaro
- Original title
- El crimen del padre Amaro
- Year
- 2002
- Running time
- 118 min.
- Country
Mexico- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production Mexico-Spain-France-Argentina;
- Genre
- Drama | Religion
- Synopsis
- A handsome young priest, Padre Amaro (Gael Garcia Bernal) arrives in a small town and finds himself surrounded by hypocrisy and corruption--and also finds himself tempted by a beautiful young woman who confesses that when she "touches herself," she thinks of Jesus. What makes El Crimen del Padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro) particularly effective is that Amaro is no innocent--he skillfully forces a newspaper publisher to retract a scandalous story about the Church and is willing to take extreme steps to preserve his career.
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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2002: Nominated for Oscar: Best Foreign Language Picture2002: Nominated for Golden Globe: Best Foreign Language Picture2002: Nominated for Goya: Best Foreign Language Picture Spanish Language2002: Ariel Awards: 9 Awards including Best Film and Director. 13 Nominations2002: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nom. for Most Prom. Performer (García Bernal)2002: San Sebastian Film Festival: nominated to Best Picture - Golden Shell.
- Critics' reviews
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"May be morally tangled, pessimistic, lurid and foreboding, but it's also humanistic."
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"However much the film may mirror the truth, dramatically it feels like a cheat. It omits the human spark that would make it work as a film"
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"Not an indictment of the Catholic Church as a whole, but a thought-provoking look at what can happen when decent individuals are seduced by the power of their position."
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"Carrera's style is hard-hitting, lucid and technically superior"
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"At two hours, the movie goes on too long and resolves too little -- even though it provides some interesting moments along the way"
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 100 My Top 10 Movies from 2002 (17)
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