The Crime of Father Amaro (O Crime do Padre Amaro)

Release Date:	2023-01-16
Runtime:	45 min
Status:	Ended
Genres:	Drama, Crime
Production:	Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia, Stopline Films, Visom Digital, Klasszik, Volf Entertainment, Like Creative

Overview

Based on Eça de Queiroz's 1875 novel, the plot takes place in Leiria, Portugal, at the end of the 1860s, and follows the story of the forbidden passion between Amaro, a young priest, and Amélia, "the most beautiful girl in Leiria". Tense, emotional and rooted in personality conflicts, the series takes a critical look at society and the church in Portugal, in Leiria in the 19th century.