The second movie of the the department of modern foreign languages’ Spring 2004 Foreign Film Series will be shown at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27 in Watkins Auditorium. The controversial film, El Crimen del Padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro) follows a handsome young priest, Padre Amaro, who arrives in a small town and finds himself surrounded by hypocrisy and corruption--and also finds himself tempted by a beautiful young woman. What makes El Crimen del Padre Amaro particularly effective is that Amaro is not innocent. He skillfully forces a newspaper publisher to retract a scandalous story about the Catholic Church and is willing to take extreme steps to preserve his career. Some of the movie’s harsher digs at the Catholic Church have provoked accusations of prejudice, but though Padre Amaro portrays a world in which no one’s hands are clean, it also finds redeeming qualities in every character. (Brad Fetzer-amazon.com) The film is in Spanish with English subtitles and will be introduced by Prof. Randal Garza. A Czechoslovakian film, Kolva, will be shown April 2. Prof. Lucia Florido will introduce this film. The German film, Erleuchtung Garantiert (Enlightment Guaranteed) will be shown April 23. It will be introduced by Prof. Lizz Caplan.