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The Priest (1978) on Netflix

TV-MA19781h 40mComedyDrama

In 1966 Spain, Father Miguel, a conservative priest, resists his community's turn to modernization. Then a road sign and a married woman's confessions awaken desires that clash with his faith.

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Father Miguel is a thirty-six-year-old priest in a Spain adapting to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, and he opposes religious modernization in any form. That puts him at odds with Father Luis, a fellow priest who teaches religion in more modern ways. His repressed sexuality stirs when he sees a road sign of a woman in a bikini, and sexual thoughts torment him constantly. Antonia, a married woman, adds to his torment by telling him in confession about the sex she has with her husband. Ashamed, he approaches Father Luis for advice, then withdraws the question without saying what troubles him. Father Alfonso, who leads the congregation, takes him off normal services and gives him classes at the local school for children preparing their first communion.

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