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    AGNUS DEI: Lamb of God

    Alejandra SÁNCHEZ 2010 Mexico/France Documentary color 87min Spanish Digi Beta
    Jesús was eleven years old, and he was an acolyte when the priest in his church sexually abused him. His mother, a very devoted catholic, yearning for his son to one day become a priest, leaves him at Church where the abuses continued for several years. One day Jesús finds out that the priest exchanges nude photos he had taken of him in a child pornography ring, and he also finds out that he is sexually abusing other children. After going through contradictory crises and syndromes, product of the trauma derived from this love-hate relationship with his aggressor, he decides to legally denounce him, face him in person, and make public his story. The story of Jesús is a victim’s story, undertaking a battle against the indifference and corruption of the Catholic Church, against the complicity of the judges obstructing the legal process to protect predatory priests, and also a battle against himself, trying to leave behind his fragility as a victim and face his aggressor to break free of the past that stole his childhood and his freedom. Jesús tries to rebuild his life, to get back the love that he once had for Doña ESPERANZA, his mother, who tries to give her son to God, give him to a priest who is still preaching in spite of the scandal and the legal process against him. His mother is still a devoted Catholic, and she regards her son’s painful story as a test God put her through. Jesús actually studies psychology, trying to understand the labyrinths of his life.

    Director

    Alejandra SÁNCHEZ

    Alejandra SÁNCHEZ was born in 1973 in Chihuahua, México. She studied Communication Science at the Autonomous University of Mexico. She also graduated from the University Center for Cinematographic Studies. She directed and produced the feature length documentary Bajo Juárez: The City Devouring Its Daughters, which earned several national and international recognitions as Best Documentary. She is the creator and director of the scientific and health TV sitcom Gregoria the Cockroah, for channel 22. She also works in the creation and development for audiovisual projects at The Image Research and Production Center for Mexico City’s Autonomous University.

    Alejandra SÁNCHEZ

    2006 The City Devouring Its Daughters

    2010 聖壇羔羊 AGNUS DEI: Lamb of God

    Director／Alejandra SÁNCHEZ

    Producer／Celia ITURRIAGA, Carole SOLIVE

    Cinematographer／Erika LICEA, Pablo Ramirez DURON

    Editor／Ana GARCIA

    Pepa Films

    Mineria 17B, Piso 2, Depto 303, Col.Escandon, Del. Miguel Hidalgo Mexico City,

    Mexico, C.P 11800

    csolive@lafemme-endormie.com

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