
Lead us not into temptation
Plot outline
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Cast
- Gael García Bernal
- Ana Claudia Talancón
- Sancho Gracia
- Angélica Aragón
- Luisa Huertas
- Ernesto Gómez Cruz
- Gastón Melo
- Andrés Montiel
- Damián Alcázar
- Gerardo Moscoso
- Alfredo Gonzáles
- Verónica Langer
- Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
- Lorenzo de Rodas
- Roger Nevares
- Fernando Becerril
- Jorge Zárate
- Rosa María Castillo
- Blanca Loaria
- Juan Ignacio Aranda
- Martín Zapata
- Dagoberto Gama
- Rogelio Rojas
- Jorge Castillo
- Mario Figueroa
- Enrique Vásquez
- Cristo Yánez
- Marina Vera
- Leticia Valenzuela
- Raul Askenazi
- Carmen Giménez Cacho
- Roberto Linares
- Víctor Hernández
- Isidra Morales
- Martha Posternak
- Ines Cuspinera
- José Luis Caballero
- Vanesa Barba
- Paloma Cobos
- Enrique Gilardi
- Jaime Cancino
- Pablo Hoyos
- Daniel Posternak
- Dino Demichelis
- Ana Izquierdo
- José Guadalupe Pintor
- Alejandro Álvarez
- Sergio Navarro
- José Santos
- Miguel Ángel Álvarez
- Ma. del Rosario Rodríguez
- Lilia Hernández
- Beatriz Álvarez
- Ángel Cristian Cruz
- Selena Hurtado
- Norma Angélica González
- Pope John Paul II
Plots
Politics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest in a small Mexican town.
Recently ordained a priest, 24-year-old Father Amaro is sent to a small parish church in Los Reyes, Mexico to assist the aging Father Benito in his daily work. Benito--for years a fixture in the church as well as the community--welcomes Father Amaro into a new life of unseen challenges. Upon arriving in Los Reyes, the ambitious Father Amaro meets Amelia, a beautiful 16-year-old girl whose religious devotion soon becomes helplessly entangles in a growing attraction to the new priest. Amelia is quickly following into the footsteps of her mother, Sanjuanera, who has been engaged in a long-time affair with Father Benito. Amaro soon discovers that corruption and the Church are old acquaintances in Los Reyes. Father Benito has been receiving financial help from the region's drug lord for the construction of a new health clinic. As well, another priest in the diocese, Father Natalio, is suspected of assisting guerilla troops in the highlands. Maenwhile, Amelia and Father Amaro have fallen in love and have begun a passionate sexual relationship. As things become increasingly more complicated in the small community, the walls around Father Amaro begin to crumble. Torn between the divine and the carnal, the righteous and the unjust, Father Amaro must summon his strength to choose which life he will lead.
The movie takes place in Mexico, 2002 (based on a story from the 1800's). A young Father Amaro arrives at his new church post on the orders of the Bishop. After he arrives, things seem to go smoothly at first, but eventually, life becomes very complicated for the young Father as he spends more time in the community.