The Crime of Father Amaro

Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Carlos Coelho da Silva

Status Released

Release Date 2005-10-27

Storyline

A young priest commits a crime when he falls in love with a beautiful and troubled woman. Based on O Crime do Padre Amaro ("The Crime of Father Amaro"), a novel by the 19th-century Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queiroz. It was first published in 1875 to great controversy.

"A story of love and desire."