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The Penitent

1988, Movie, PG-13, 94 mins

The Penitent: Review

Set in an unspecified location in Mexico or the American Southwest, THE PENITENT begins as Juan Marco (Armand Assante) visits the small village where his old friend Ramon Guerola (Raul Julia) has adopted the ways of the Penitente religious cult, a mainly Spanish-speaking splinter group of the Catholic church that believes in self-flagellation and literal reenactment of Christ's crucifixion as atonement. Persuaded to stick around for a few weeks, Juan soon seduces his friend'... read more leave a comment