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The Holy Girl

The Holy Girl

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 6, 2004

Runtime

1h 46m

Genres

Drama

User Score

67%

Original Title

La niña santa

Production Companies

Teodora Film, La Pasionaria S.r.l., R&C Produzioni, El Deseo, Fondazione Montecinemaverita, Hubert Bals Fund, Lita Stantic Producciones, Vista Sur Films

Director

Lucrecia Martel

Budget

$1,400,000

Description

Amalia is an adolescent girl who is caught in the throes of her emerging sexuality and her deeply held passion for her Catholic faith. These two drives mingle when the visiting Dr. Jano takes advantage of a crowd to get inappropriately close to the girl. Repulsed by him but inspired by an inner burning, Amalia decides it is her God-given mission to save the doctor from his behavior, and she begins to stalk Dr. Jano, becoming a most unusual voyeur.