The Children's Rebellion (1992)
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Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
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The fictional Father Ãngel de la Cruz is based on Legion of Christ
founder Marcial Maciel, whose long history of child abuse was not
addressed until 2006 and only publicly acknowledged in 2009.
But director Luis Urquiza chooses to structure his film through the
largely uncomprehending, wondering eyes of 13-year-old Julián, who
travels from the arms of his loving pastoral family into the austere,
hallowed halls of the seminary. Singling out the boy as his intimate
disciple, installing him in his palatial private quarters and redubbing
him âSacramento Santos,â Father Ãngel begins Julianâs instruction
into the mysteries of âperfect obedience,â whose cardinal rule is:
Never question a superiorâs actions.
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A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother.
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