The Crimes of Padre Amaro Review

The Crimes of Padre “Father” Amaro, by Carlos Carrrera starts with the male lead as an idealist, showing kindness to a fellow bus passenger whose money is stolen during a holdup, but when he arrives at the parish, he quickly caves in to the established order of the church. Throughout the film, there is several scenes of sexual abuse, that can be offensive to a large group of people. It definitely adds up in the movie as you learn how gruesome and evil the male lead really is. This film was something that put a train a thought in my mind. Are these kinds of stories real? Do people actually commit these sort of manners under the site of god? In present day is there actually people that are in the same boat as this guy, and commit the same forms of sexual abuse? With these thoughts nagging in my mind practically through the entirety of the film, this is a type of film that is powerful to watch. In some viewpoints it can be too much for some viewers. But personally, watching this unique style of cinematography and the given storyline was something that opened my mind to a lot of questions.