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Ethical Issues In The Film Camila

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Camila is a very controversial movie because it is a film that deals with several issues. The ill-fated love affair between the strong-willed daughter of an elite landowner and a Catholic priest, in the 1984 film, is a multi-layered story that ties together romance, and the political history of the nineteenth-century Latin America, and echoes of government corruption across centuries. The move is an Argentinian film directed by Maria Luisa Bemberg. The movie does mention a bit of the history going on during the time in Buenos Aires. Camila is based on a true story, that not only depicts a captivating love story, but makes a powerful statement about Latin America's political history, past and present.
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This film does deal with a issue of a young lady falling in love with a priest and him falling in love with her as well. When Camila and the priest could no longer hold back their passion for one another the priest grew really ill because he knew of the consequnces that would eventually follow him. He tried his best to get rid of the feelings he felt but they just grew stronger as each day went by. In today’s society falling in love with a priest is still considered as one of the biggest sin that a priest and a women can commit, but times have changed. For example when Camila and the priest run off together when the governor is notified he sends for them both to be murdered because of the love affair that they are having. Today it is still a sin in the eyes of the Catholic Church, but no one is murdered here in the United States. I am sure that in some countries people are murdered for having a love affair with a priest. I think it would be likely to happen in a country where the Catholic Church is likely the only religion

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