The Holy Girl

The Holy Girl (2004)

R 06 May 2004 • Drama • 1h 46m
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ENT physicians gather at a provincial hotel in Salta. The hotel owner, Helena, is subdued, brittle, avoiding the calls of her ex-husband's pregnant wife. Family dysfunction seems everywhere. Helena's daughter, Amalia, about 14, discusses vocations in a Catholic girls group. Their teen imaginations conflate the erotic, the religious, and the lurid. Amalia notices Dr. Jano, and he notices her. She decides to make him her vocation, she follows him, he rubs against her in a public crowd, he's appalled at his actions. Meanwhile, Helena believes Jano is attracted to her even though he's married. Longing, guilt, scandal, and teen sensuality are set to collide.

Lucrecia Martel
Director
Juan Pablo Domenech, Lucrecia Martel
Writer
Mercedes Morán, Carlos Belloso, Alejandro Urdapilleta
Starring

Language: Spanish
Awards: 4 wins & 8 nominations
Country: Argentina, Italy, Netherlands, Spain
Metacritic Score: 77
DVD Release Date:
Box Office Total: $304,124

6.7

IMDb (4369 votes)
78%
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