The Crime of Father Amaro

Álvaro Brechner’s “The Crime of Father Amaro” transposes Eça de Queiroz’s scandalous 1875 novel to contemporary Brazil, where a young, idealistic priest’s burgeoning romance with a tempestuous widow threatens his vows and the sanctity of his parish. The film’s searing critique of hypocrisy and moral corruption is rendered with stark, unyielding clarity, exposing the fragile boundary between faith and desire.