Given the question: Build a movie plot around this: What message is given by this movie about struggles? The struggle between desire and obedience is difficult.
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Newly ordained Padre Amaro arrives in Los Reyes, a small town in the fictional state of Aldama, to start his life serving the church. He is a protege of a ruthless political bishop, while the local priest, Father Benito, is having a long ongoing affair with a local restaurant owner. Benito is building a large hospital and recuperation center, which is partially funded by a cartel's drug lord. Meanwhile, another priest in the area, Father Natalio, is under investigation for supporting left-wing insurgents in his secluded rural church area.Amelia (Ana Claudia Talancon), a local 16-year-old girl, teaches catechism to the young children in the town, and is the daughter of Benito's mistress. At the start of the story, she is contemplating marriage to Ruben (Andres Montiel), a young journalist beginning his career, but tension is depicted as Ruben is a non-believer and Amelia strongly Catholic. Ruben's father is an avowed anti-clerical atheist who is unpopular within the town for his strong opinions.Amaro soon becomes infatuated with Amelia, who is strongly attracted to him and asks awkward questions about love and sin in the confessional, admitting that she masturbates to Jesus. She later touches his hand while serving him at the restaurant. The newspaper is tipped off about Benito baptising the drug lord's newborn child, and Ruben is asked to write about the scandals in his hometown. With the aid of mountains of evidence compiled by his father, he publishes a story about Benito's hospital being a front for money laundering. The church has Amaro write a denial and Ruben is then sacked by the newspaper under pressure from the Catholic lobby. Amelia then phones Ruben and dumps him, berating him with a string of obscenities. Ruben's family home is vandalized by devout Catholics and when he returns home, he assaults Amaro when he sees him in the street. Amaro decides not to press charges, so Ruben avoids jail time.The film delves into the struggle priests have between desire and obedience. Amaro is...