Padre Amaro — The Crime of Padre Amaro Character Profile

About Padre Amaro

A 24-year-old newly ordained priest and protégé of a ruthless political bishop. He becomes infatuated with Amélia, engages in a forbidden affair, and later orchestrates a fatal backstreet abortion to cover up the pregnancy. He faces intense guilt, covers up the scandal, and presides over her funeral while the town falsely praises his actions.

Padre Amaro — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Gael García Bernal

Appears in

The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (6)

• Padre Amaro — Romantic Lovers — Amelia (Ana Claudia Talancón)

  Priest and young woman engage in an affair

• Padre Amaro — Conflict Professional Rival — Padre Benito Díaz (Sancho Gracia)

  Young priest conflicts with corrupt senior priest

• Padre Amaro — Professional Mentor — Obispo (Ernesto Gómez Cruz)

  Young priest is protégé of powerful bishop

• Padre Amaro — Alliance Ally — Padre Natalio Pérez (Damián Alcázar)

  Only positive portrayal of clergy in the film

• Padre Amaro — Professional Colleague — Martín (Gastón Melo)

  Fellow priest working in the same parish

• Padre Amaro — Alliance Accomplice — Doc (Gerardo Moscoso)

  Involved in arranging illegal abortion

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More characters from The Crime of Padre Amaro

• Amelia (Ana Claudia Talancón)
• Padre Benito Díaz (Sancho Gracia)
• Augustina Sanjuanera (Angélica Aragón)
• Viejo (Alfredo González)
• Dionisia (Luisa Huertas)
• El Presidente Municipal Gordo (Pedro Armendáriz Jr.)
• Getsemaní (Blanca Loaria)
• Chato Aguilar (Juan Ignacio Aranda)
• Amparito (Verónica Langer)
• Padre Mauro (Jorge Zárate)
• Don Paco de la Rosa (Lorenzo de Rodas)
• Padre Galván (Roger Nevares)