Perfect Obedience
Obediencia Perfecta
Release: 2014-05-02
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 6.5
Drama
The fictional Father Ángel de la Cruz is based on Legion of Christ founder Marcial Maciel, whose long history of child abuse was not addressed until 2006 and only publicly acknowledged in 2009. But director Luis Urquiza chooses to structure his film through the largely uncomprehending, wondering eyes of 13-year-old Julián, who travels from the arms of his loving pastoral family into the austere, hallowed halls of the seminary. Singling out the boy as his intimate disciple, installing him in his palatial private quarters and redubbing him “Sacramento Santos,” Father Ángel begins Julian’s instruction into the mysteries of “perfect obedience,” whose cardinal rule is: Never question a superior’s actions.
Production Countries
Mexico
Production Companies
Astillero Films
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Juan Manuel Bernal
as Padre Ángel de la Cruz
Alfonso Herrera
as Julián Santos (Adulto)
Sebastián Aguirre
as Julián 'Sacramento' Santos
Juan Carlos Colombo
as Padre Ángel de la Cruz (anciano)
Johanna Murillo
as Madre de Sacramento
Luis Ernesto Franco
as Padre Robles
Luciana González de León
as Sierva de Cristo
Isabel Aerenlund
as Mamá de Alberto
Claudette Maillé
as Señora Alcérreca
Dagoberto Gama
as Arzobispo
Germán Bracco
as Quicha
Carlos Meza
