María AlchéAmaliaSavaraTV movie
The Holy Girl
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.
Drama
Starring
María Alché, Mercedes Morán, Julieta Zylberberg
Directed by
Lucrecia Martel
About
The Holy Girl
Drama
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.
She is both temptation and salvation.
Information
- Released
- May 6, 2004
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- Spanish
- Country
- AR
- Rating
- R
- Directed by
- Lucrecia Martel
Production
- Studio
- Teodora Film
- Studio
- La Pasionaria S.r.l.
- Studio
- R&C Produzioni
- Studio
- El Deseo
- Studio
- Fondazione Montecinemaverita
- Studio
- Hubert Bals Fund
Cast
People in this story
María AlchéAmalia
Mercedes MoránHelena
Julieta ZylberbergJosefina
Carlos BellosoDr. Jano
Alejandro UrdapilletaFreddy
Mía MaestroInés
Marta LubosMirta
Arturo GoetzDr. Vesalio
Alejo MangoDr. Cuesta
Mónica VillaMadre de Josefina
Leandro StivelmanJuliánMetadata and artwork discovery powered by TMDB.