Sent to Mexico to help take care of aging Father Benito, young Father Amaro faces a moral challenge when he meets a 16-year-old girl who he starts an affair with. Likewise, the girl's mother had been having an affair with Father Benito. Father Amaro must choose between a holy or sinful life.
If The Crime of Padre Amaro hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Both films sit with feeling powerless, guilt, and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions, class and money, and family duty. Same energy: bleak, cold and detached, escalating, and slow burn.
Tag overlap with The Crime of Padre Amaro across multiple dimensions.
What ties these together is loss of innocence. Both circle the same ground: corrupt institutions, men and women navigating expectations, and class and money. The feel is the same: bleak, dark comedy, slow burn, and escalating.
Like The Crime of Padre Amaro, this one is rooted in guilt, feeling powerless, and loss of innocence. Both circle the same ground: class and money and family duty. Both move the same way too, bleak, melancholic, slow burn, and escalating.
