The Holy Girl

The Holy Girl

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The Holy Girl

La niña santaDIRECTED BYLucrecia Martel106mins2004

She is both temptation and salvation.

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.

Other films by Lucrecia Martel

La Ciénaga
Zama
The Empty Classroom
The Headless Woman

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