Overview
Many socially-concerned priests in Catholic Latin America have at some time left their parish churches to go and work in the fields and factories of the poor. Such priests, usually adherents of "liberation theology," are called "worker-priests." This Chilean film tells the story of how one man became a "worker-priest" and won the trust of the poor.
Director and cast
- Marcelo Romo as Padre Jaime
- Tennyson Ferrada as Padre Justo
- Leonardo Perucci as Padre Gabriel
- Roberto Navarrete as Claudio Osses (businessman)
- Claudia Paz as businessman's wife
- Rubén Sotoconil as Worker
- Gonzalo Palta as Doctor
- Arnaldo Berríos as Worker
- Mónica Carrasco as Young girl
- Mario Montilles as father of baptized baby
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