Saturday, September 09, 2006

La niña santa (2004)

English Title: The Holy Girl.
Synopsis: An adolescent girl who lives in the hotel owned by her mother decides to put in practice her personal version of her Catholic teacher's lessons when she meets a medic who is at the hotel for a conference and who has perversions of his own.
Appraisal: An absorbing narrative, masterfully directed, with some wonderful performances (namely, the main girl, the mother, the girl's best friend, the best friend's mother, and the medic -- all the main roles!), and a smart screenplay. So far this has been the best film of 2004 that I've seen (I've seen only 81 films of 2004, so I suspect it will lose that position in the future).
Rating: 77

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