Perfect Obedience
2014 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 1,131 VOTES · DIR. Luis Urquiza
Overview
The fictional Father Ángel 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 “Sacramento Santos,” Father Ángel begins Julian’s instruction into the mysteries of “perfect obedience,” whose cardinal rule is: Never question a superior’s actions.
Dialogue Timeline — 597 lines
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00:00:09 Perfect Obedience: "You act and think like him who asks you to do things
00:06:32 Hey, all closer together. Closer.
00:08:15 Really? -Yes.
00:11:33 God willing, it will be so.
00:14:09 And if you want to be true Christ's Crusaders
00:17:51 It's a sign of peace, joy, fraternity. Amen.
00:20:41 What were we saying? -To save souls.
00:23:25 Don't cry, Julian. Don't cry.
00:26:35 I love you very much.
00:30:41 Have you touched yourself down there?
00:34:13 Great, Julian, a goal.
00:37:29 It happened to me with you.
00:40:00 Per secula seculorum.
00:42:57 You know what? I have a surprise.
00:45:37 When you masturbate, do you think about men or women?
00:47:47 Don't lower your arms, or you'll face worse.
00:50:53 Congratulations. -Thank you very much.
00:53:19 No wonder why they became priests!
01:00:14 God, forgive me.
01:06:57 It's a test God bestows on me son, but I'm okay now.
01:11:30 I'll be back at 2 PM. Yours, Father Angel de la Cruz. I told them not to expect you in class.
01:15:29 Very well. Now, let's do it.
01:18:32 I don't feel good about what we are doing, father.
01:23:54 For if it were so, it would have ended gradually, corrupting and eroding itself