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6 May 2004 (Argentina) morePlot:
16-year-old Amalia (Alche) looks to save the soul a middle-aged doctor (Belloso). full summary | add synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Stunning and disturbing! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Mercedes Morán | ... | Helena | |
| Carlos Belloso | ... | Dr. Jano | |
| Alejandro Urdapilleta | ... | Freddy | |
| María Alche | ... | Amalia | |
| Julieta Zylberberg | ... | Josefina | |
| Mía Maestro | ... | Inés | |
| Marta Lubos | ... | Mirta | |
| Arturo Goetz | ... | Dr. Vesalio | |
| Alejo Mango | ... | Dr. Cuesta | |
| Mónica Villa | ... | Madre de Josefina | |
| Leandro Stivelman | ... | Julian | |
| Manuel Schaller | ... | Thermin player | |
| Miriam Diaz | ... | Miriam | |
| Rodolfo Cejas | ... | Josefina's father | |
| Maria Victoria Mosca Coll | ... | Local girl |
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Rated R for some sexual content and brief nudity.Parents Guide:
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106 minLanguage:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Netherlands:12 | Austria:12 | Belgium:KT | Canada:PG | Italy:T | USA:R (certificate #41466) | Argentina:13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | France:U | UK:15 | Brazil:14Filming Locations:
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Director and co-writer, Lucrecia Martel (Argentina, 1966), has certainly re-written the Lolita story. But this time, the older male finds a more complex younger female in his way. The world is small and certainly claustrophobic, mainly a hotel with mineral baths somewhere in the Santiago del Estero region in Argentina called Las Termas. Tourists come and go into this hotel where all employees form a kind of extended family. Amalia, played by María Alché,is a 15 year-old immersed in the study of catechism and sexual awakening. The great question becomes that of vocation, "what does God wishes me to do." Dr. Jano, played by Carlos Belloso, attends a professional medical conference at Las Termas and engages in improper sexual conduct in a public street of the small town. Once discovered by Amalia, his remorse grows as things become more and more entangled. Amalia and Dr. Jano engage in a mesmerizing game of hide and seek, of desire to redeem and fear of the consequences of losing anonymity.
La niña santa is a haunting film, beautifully shot and full of complex nuances as well as tension. It left me with a sense of "what happened here?" Regarding its director, Pedro Almodovar (one of the film's executive producers) as said that she knows is part of his list of favorite film directors. Perhaps he sees in Martel's work the subtleties that he himself lacks.