The Penitent

The Penitent

★ 6.6IMDb Score
Released:1988-05-27
Duration:90 min
Director:Cliff Osmond
Actors:Raúl Juliá, Armand Assante, Martin LaSalle, Rona De Ricci, Julie Carmen
Production:The Vista Organization, Ithaca

Overview:

Tension between a jealous husband, his wife who's attracted to his friend and the friend is rising as their small, deeply catholic, Mexican village is deciding who will be Christ during the possibly dangerous reenactment of the Crucifixion.

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