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WATCH TRAILER (Agnus Dei: Lamb of God) Spanish with English subtitles/ 84 min Mexico/ France, 2010 |
Pacific Cinémathèque (PC) 1131 Howe Street (at Helmcken) |
“It was Christmas, I was around twelve years old, the priest went over to my house for dinner…. And at Christmas it happened. ”. —Jesús Romero.
When Jesús Romero was eleven years old, he was sexually abused by his parish priest. Now an adult, Jesús decides not only to denounce his aggressor but to find him and confront him. This is a story that reveals the impunity of the Catholic Church towards acts of pederasty committed by some of its members, while at the same time, shows how courage and self-respect become the most powerful defences for a man whose childhood was stolen from him.
—Fue navidad, yo tenía como doce años, el cura fue a cenar a mi casa…. Y en navidad pasó. —Jesús Romero.
Jesús Romero fue abusado sexualmente por un sacerdote cuando era un niño de 11 años. Siendo adulto decide no solo denunciar a su agresor sino buscarlo y encararlo. Esta es una historia donde la valentía y la construcción de la dignidad son las armas de un hombre con una infancia fracturada. Al mismo tiempo, también se revela la impunidad de la que goza la iglesia católica frente a actos de pederastia cometidos por algunos de sus miembros.
Alejandra Sánchez was born in Mexico in 1973. She studied Cinematography at the University Centre for Cinematographic Studies and in 2006, won a Talent Campus Scholarship at the Berlin Film Festival. Her debut feature documentary, Bajo Juárez: La ciudad devorando a sus hijas (2006), has earned her several national and international recognitions including being nominated for the 2008 Ariel Award for Best Documentary. Agnus dei: Cordero de dios has screened at a number of international film festivals and was awarded a Special Mention at the Guadalajara Film Festival. | <<El hombre de al lado | 31 of 59 | 5xFavela: Agora por nós mesmos>> |