The Crime of Father Amaro(2005)

movie - first aired/released 2005-10-27 - 120 min - audience 5.3

Drama

Directed by Carlos Coelho da Silva

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.