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The Holy Girl (La Nina Santa)

DVD
104 min
2005
PN1997.2 .N56 2005 DVD

Recognized around the world for her award-winning feature film, "La Ciénaga," the highly anticipated Cannes Film Festival Competition entry, "The Holy Girl" is the latest work from acclaimed writer-director Lucrecia Martel. The film is set in the crumbling Argentine Hotel Termas, where a medical convention is being hosted. It poignantly captures the lives of two teenage girls, Amalia, the hotel owner's daughter, and her best friend Josefina, as they adjust to their growing sexuality and religious passion.

After an encounter with the respected Dr. Jano, a physician attending the convention, Amalia confides in Josefina that she is going to deliver him from sin. After submitting to her wishes, Dr. Jano realizes that no matter how good the temptation, nothing is worth the evil it causes.

Cast: Mercedes Morán, Carlos Belloso, Alejandro Urdapilleta, María Alché, Julieta Zylberberg, Mónica Villa, Marta Lubos, Arturo Goetz, Alejo Mango, Mia Maestro.

Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles.

Distributed by HBO Video.

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