The Holy Girl
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lucrecia Martel
Alejandro Leonidas Diaz
Guadalupe Pardo Hernandez
Victor Anuch
David Mansilla
Marcos Reynoso
Film Details
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Synopsis
In the town of La Cienaga, Amalia lives with her attractive, divorced mother, Helena, and her uncle, Freddy, in the crumbling, run-down Hotel Termas, which her family owns and runs. After choir rehearsals the girls gather in the parish church for further instruction in faith and vocation. What does God want from me? How do I discern between the temptation of the Devil and the calling of God? In between the teachings, the girls gossip and whisper secretively. The lives of the girls and their families intersect with those of a group of visiting orhinolaryngologists (ear, nose, and throat specialists) staying at the hotel for a medical convention, including the married, middle-aged Dr. Jano. One day, a crowd of people gather in the street to watch a man play an unusual, exotic instrument: a theremin. Amalia is in the crowd when a man standing behind her presses himself sexually against her. Later, in the hotel, she discovers that his man is Dr. Jano, one of the doctors attending the conference. Amalia finds herself drawn to the Doctor and for days she spies on him. Dr. Jano never notices her presence, but he does notice her mother, Helena. Helena greatly enjoys the attention from this man, but she has little hope as she knows he is married and has a family. Days afterward Amalia confides in Josefina what occurred in the street with Dr. Jano and of her secret mission: to save one man from sin. Dr. Jano becomes caught up in Amalia's web of good intentions and the respected doctor finds his world is on the brink of collapse when her adolescent obsession sets off a chain reaction of social catastrophe.
Director
Lucrecia Martel
Cast
Alejandro Leonidas Diaz
Guadalupe Pardo Hernandez
Victor Anuch
David Mansilla
Marcos Reynoso
Maria Micol Ellero
Rodolfo Cejas
Leandro Stivelman
Alejo Mango
Carlos Belloso
Eliana Santillan
Sebastian Diaz Sabala
Maria Emilia Martinez
Oscar Victoriano Sarmiento
Arturo Goetz
Ana Carolina Beltran
Mercedes Moran
Maria Alche
Eduardo Jesus Chaig
Guillermo Enrique Castro
Julieta Zylberberg
Rodolfo Cabrera
Alejandro Urdapilleta
Ana Maria Fernandez
Maria Susana Falcon
Florinda Rosa Guamante
Guido Nunez
Monica Villa
Miriam Diaz
Mia Maestro
Carlos Silvio Poma
Pablo Arias
Ornella Velazco
Manuel Schaller
Juan Solis
Nilda Silvia Suarez
Maria Victoria Mosca Coll
Marta Lubos
Roberto Bernacki
Sebastian Montagna
Crew
Agustin Almodovar
Pedro Almodóvar
Marisa Amenta
Guido Berenblum
Florencia Blanco
Fernando Brun
Tilde Corsi
Marcos Deaguirre
Ricardo Fernandez
Esther Garcia
Andres Gerszenzon
Alfredo Ghirardo
Milena Guerini
Daniel Hermo
Marcelo Iúdice
Carola Jalife
Nora Kohen
Nicolas Levin
Lucrecia Martel
David Miranda
Félix Monti
Félix Monti
Matfas Mosteirfn
Matfas Mosteirfn
Graciela Oderigo
Marta Parga
Barbara Peiro
Cesare Petrillo
Vieri Razzini
Sergio Rentero
Santiago Ricci
Gianni Romoli
Ruben Santeiro
Natalia Smirnoff
Natalia Smirnoff
Lita Stantic
Julio Suarez
Victor Tendler
Fabiana Tiscornia
-lvaro Urtizberea
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Etelvina Veron
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring April 29, 2005
Released in United States May 13, 2005
Released in United States on Video September 6, 2005
Released in United States August 2004
Released in United States October 2004
Released in United States January 2005
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival August 4-14, 2004.
Shown at New York Film Festival October 1-17, 2004.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Cine Latino) January 6-17, 2005.
Released in United States Spring April 29, 2005 (NY)
Released in United States May 13, 2005 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video September 6, 2005
Released in United States August 2004 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival August 4-14, 2004.)
Released in United States October 2004 (Shown at New York Film Festival October 1-17, 2004.)
Released in United States January 2005 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Cine Latino) January 6-17, 2005.)
