Review of The Holy Girl (2004) by Walter M — 21 May 2006

[font=Century Gothic]In "The Holy Girl", Helena(Mercedes Moran), a divorcee with a teenaged daughter, Amalia(Maria Alche), works at a hotel hosting a convention of doctors. Amalia is so devout it occasionally spooks her mother, and is wondering how best she can serve Christ. An opportunity presents itself when one of the doctors at the hotel, Dr. Jano(Carlos Bellos), fondles Amalia at an outdoor musical performance. Instead of confronting or reporting him, this only serves to pique Amalia's curiosity...[/font].

[font=Century Gothic]"The Holy Girl" is an unconventional movie that takes a low-key approach to potentially controversial material. It is a meditation on duality.(Would it be too much of a stretch to point out that Janus was the Roman god represented by two faces?) Amalia is very religious; wants to wait until marriage before having sex but still has physical longings. Dr. Jano is a respected doctor and family man but is also quite the pervert.(And he is not the only doctor to behave differently away from home.)[/font].