The Crime of Father Amaro (series)
O Crime do Padre Amaro- User score: 5.2
- Production country: Portugal
- Creator: Leonel Vieira
- Production companies: Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia, Stopline Films, Visom Digital, Klasszik, Volf Entertainment, Like Creative
- Genre: Drama, Crime
- Release date: 1/16/2023
- Release date of last episode: 2/20/2023
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 6
- Run time: 45 min.
Series description
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.
