
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.
Cast

Gael García Bernal
Padre Amaro

Ana Claudia Talancón
Amelia

Sancho Gracia
Padre Benito Díaz

Angélica Aragón
Augustina Sanjuanera

Luisa Huertas
Dionisia

Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Obispo
Gastón Melo
Martín

Damián Alcázar
Padre Natalio Pérez
Andrés Montiel
Rubén de la Rosa
Gerardo Moscoso
Doc
Alfredo González
Viejo

Verónica Langer
Amparito

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
El Presidente Municipal Gordo
Lorenzo de Rodas
Don Paco de la Rosa

Roger Nevares
Padre Galván

Jorge Zárate
Padre Mauro
Juan Ignacio Aranda
Chato Aguilar
Blanca Loaria
Getsemaní
Crew

Carlos Carrera
Director

Vicente Leñero
Screenplay
Eça de Queirós
Novel
Óscar Figueroa
Editor
Guillermo Granillo
Director of Photography
Laura Imperiale
Executive Producer
Claudia Becker
Producer

Alfredo Ripstein Jr.
Producer

Daniel Birman Ripstein
Producer

José María Morales
Producer
Scot Evans
Producer

Atahualpa Lichy
Producer
Sandra León Becker
Casting

María Estela Fernández
Costume Design
Rosino Serrano
Original Music Composer
Ivonne Fuentes
Set Decoration
Carmen Giménez Cacho
Art Direction


















