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The Holy Girl (2005)
"The Holy Girl," Martel intimately explores the burgeoning sexuality and religious fervor of two teenage girls, Amalia and her best friend, Josefina. Artfully piecing together a mosaic of nuanced details, fragments of sounds, and small moments, Martel creates a potent and specific portrait of adolescent life. In the town of La Ciénaga, 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? (read more)
| Release Date: | April 29th, 2005 |
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