Cinematheque: Argentine Female Directors, Argentine Actresses
The Holy Girl (La niña santa)
- Date March 1
- Time 9:30 p.m.
- Location4070 Vilas Communication Hall
- DescriptionArgentina/Italy/Netherlands/Spain, 2004, 35mm, color, subtitled, 106 min. Directed by Lucrecia Martel, with Mercedes Morán, Mía Maestro, Mariá Alche. Nominated for the Golden Palm at Cannes, Martel's amazing second feature film revisits family dysfunction. "Holy girl" Amalia, a 16-year-old virgin, becomes convinced God wants her to save Dr. Jano from himself. "You leave the theater in a state of quiet awe," says A.O. Scott of the New York Times.
- Web sitehttp://cinema.wisc.edu/
- Contact262-3627, heckman@wisc.edu
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