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Article: Priests more sinful.(LIFE - ENTERTAINMENT)(MOVIES)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 29, 2002
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Byline: Scott Galupo, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
"El Crimen del Padre Amaro" means "The Crime of Father Amaro" in Spanish, and, no, it's not what you think. Based on a 1875 novel by the Portuguese writer Eca de Queiroz, the film has not been "ripped from the headlines," as NBC says of its "Law & Order" franchise.
At first blush, the crime of this reptilian priest (Gael Garcia Bernal, who starred in the comedy "Y Tu Mama Tambien") - a 24-year-old kouros-looking cleric serving a small parish in a poor Mexican village called Los Reyes - is almost a perverse relief: good ol' heterosexual lust.
Really, however, Padre Amaro's transgression is no different ...
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