| Description |
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD-R; NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.78:1. |
| Language |
In Spanish with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned in English. |
| Cast |
Mercedes Morán (Helena), Carlos Belloso (Dr. Jano), Alejandro Urdapilleta (Freddy), María Alché (Amalia), Julieta Zylberberg (Josefina), Mónica Villa (Josefina's Mother), Marta Lubos (Mirta), Alejo Mango (Dr. Cuesta), Arturo Goetz (Dr. Vesalio), and Mia Maestro (Inés). |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Félix Monti ; collation/editing, Santiago Ricci ; original music, Andrés Gerszenzon ; art direction, Graciela Oderigo. |
| Note |
Originally produced as an Argentinian motion picture in 2004. |
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Special features: La niña santa: Making of [featurette] (23 min.). |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Rated R for some sexual content and brief nudity. |
| Summary |
Dr. Jano is speaking at a medical convention at an Argentinean hotel well past its prime. He is attracted to Helena, single mother and co-owner of the hotel. Amalia, Helena's teenage daughter, is starting to explore both her faith and her sexuality, spending much of her time with her best friend Josephina. In their imaginations, the girls tend to conflate the erotic, the religious, and the lurid. Then Dr. Jano makes an anonymous sexual advance towards Amalia in public, and sets in motion a chain of events that will have serious consequences for all of them. |
| Awards |
Winner, 2004 Clarin Awards for Cine: Mejor Director [Best Director-Film] Lucrecia Martel; Cine: Mejor Revelación Femenina [Best New Actress-Film] Julieta Zylberberg [Juried 'Best of Argentina' awards]. |
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Teenagers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Religion and ethics -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Parent and teenager -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Teenage girls -- Argentina -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Sexual ethics for teenagers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Teenagers -- Sexual behavior -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Spanish language materials. |
| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (SPANISH), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films Argentina.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Spanish language materials.
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| Added Author |
Stantic, Lita, producer.
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Martel, Lucrecia, 1966- screenwriter, director.
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Morán, Mercedes, actor.
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Belloso, Carlos, 1963- actor.
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Urdapilleta, Alejandro, actor.
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Alché, María, 1983- actor.
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Zylberberg, Julieta, actor.
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Villa, Mónica, actor.
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Lubos, Marta, actor.
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Goetz, Artúro, actor.
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Mango, Alejo, actor.
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Maestro, Mía, actor.
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HBO Films.
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Fine Line Features.
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Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (Argentina)
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Instituto de Cine (Spain)
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Lita Stantic Producciones.
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Deseo, S.A.
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Teodora Film (Firm)
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R & C Produzioni (Firm)
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HBO Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Niña santa |
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Holy girl |
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Niña santa (Motion picture)
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| Standard No. |
883316453520 |
| Music No. |
92754 HBO Video |
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