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By Scott Foundas (913) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 11 May 2005

It's a style at once ravishing and mysterious, austere and intimate, carrying with it the suggestion that even cinema may be powerless to invade…

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By Wade Major (240) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 06 May 2005

Heralds not only the coming of an enormously talented new filmmaker, but a veritable international star in young Maria Alché…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 03 May 2005

The blessings of salvation have rarely felt so mixed, the parameters of Lolita-hood so elusive - which is exactly Martel's specialty…

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By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for TV Guide (1,527) on 28 Apr 2005

In stripping her potentially lurid material of salacious appeal, Martel also makes it murky and oddly arid, a mind-numbing exercise rather…

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By Jack Mathews (1,044) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 28 Apr 2005

Alche has an amazingly expressive face and becomes such a magnetic presence that you'll feel a distinct need to rescue her…

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By Jamie Russell (254) for BBC.com (1,500) on 25 Jan 2005

Underneath it all there's a distinct sense that we've been privileged enough to watch a young girl's awakening from holy innocence into flawed,…

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By Enrique Buchichio (359) for Uruguay Total (359) on 16 Nov 2004

Quien haya visto La Ciénaga reconocerá en La Niña Santa su manera de mirar y revelar la naturaleza humana desde la pequeñez y la aparente…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Shadows on the Wall (2,096) on 08 Nov 2004

Almost dreamlike in its examination of obsession, sexual awakening and redemption…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 18 Oct 2004

Lucrecia Martel's elusive, feverish and altogether amazing second feature seems to communicate as much to the nerves and skin as to the eyes and ears…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 09 Oct 2004

The Holy Girl explores the difficulties adolescents and older men have in dealing with the most powerful energy source in the world -- their…

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By Ed Gonzalez (1,102) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 06 Oct 2004

Martel can't exactly be called a horror film director, but I can't think of another filmmaker currently working in the genre with her knack…

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