Virgin (2003)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Deborah Kampmeier

Writer:

Deborah Kampmeier (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.

Plot Keywords:

Teenager | Virginity | Pregnancy | Loss Of Virginity | Virgin

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Elisabeth Moss	...	Jessie Reynolds
Robin Wright Penn	...	Mrs. Reynolds
Daphne Rubin-Vega	...	Frances
Socorro Santiago	...	Lorna
Peter Gerety	...	Mr. Reynolds
Stephanie Gatschet	...	Katie Reynolds
Charles Socarides	...	Shane
Christopher Wynkoop	...	Pastor
Robert Berlin	...	Red
Stephen Brian Jones	...	Cowboy
Andrew Thaman	...	Newspaper Manager
Patrizia Hernandez	...	Girl in Diner
Susan Varon	...	Waitress
Tiffany Evans	...	Parent
Dolly Williams	...	Drug Store Cashier

MPAA:

Rated R for disturbing rape content, sexual material, drug use and language.

Runtime:

USA:114 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Haverstraw, New York, USA

Company:

Full Moon Films

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2004) (TV)

lose your virginity again and again

Virgin is a touching movie that shows the path of a rebellious young woman who regains her sense of self worth and inner strength through coping with an extremely traumatic experience. I went to this film thinking the plot was intriguing: a girl who is raped while she's passed out, discovers she's pregnant, and with no memory of the rape-thinking she's still a virgin- assumes it to be immaculate conception. Here's a girl who's no victim, she works a night job delivering papers and even cares for an older woman with an abusive husband. Yet she's no cat woman or uma thurman in kill bill. In short, she's a female lead women can relate to.

This film is worth seeing not only for its dramatic merit; it is also a piece of simplistic yet beautiful imagery. There is an artistry to the scenes filmed in nature that is so rarely seen in low budget films. Birds act for the camera, water flows throughout scenes, and the landscape opens up to reveal the natural world as a picturesque backdrop to highlight the acting. The acting itself is touching and spellbinding. Elisabeth Moss, playing the lead role of Jessie, was well worth watching as she acted simply with great poise but with a turmoil of emotion showing behind her eyes.

See this movie! Lose your virginity! Have something to talk about! -ajn218