La niña santa Instituto Nacional de Cinematografía y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA) ; Instituto de Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales de España (ICAA) ; Lita Stantic, El Deseo, Senso Producciones, La Pasionaria, Teodora, R & C Produzioni presentan ; producida por Lita Stantic ; escrita y dirigida por Lucrecia Martel.
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LC Subjects
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Foreign language films.
Motion pictures.
Parent and teenager -- Drama.
Religion and ethics -- Drama.
Sexual ethics for teenagers -- Drama.
Spanish language films.
Teenage girls -- Argentina -- Drama.
Teenagers -- Sexual behavior -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Published
New York, NY : HBO Video, [2005].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Spanish
ISBN
0783134916, 9780783134918
UPC
026359275425, 883316453520, 026359307928

Notes

General Note
Originally produced as an Argentinian motion picture in 2004.
General Note
Bonus feature: La niña santa: Making of [featurette] (23 min.).
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Félix Monti ; collation/editing, Santiago Ricci ; original music, Andrés Gerszenzon ; art direction, Graciela Oderigo.
Participants/Performers
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).
Description
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.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Rated R for some sexual content and brief nudity.
System Details
DVD; 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.
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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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Stantic, L., Martel, L., Morán, M., Belloso, C., Urdapilleta, A., Alché, M., Zylberberg, J., Villa, M., Lubos, M., Goetz, A., Mango, A., Maestro, M., Monti, F., & Gerszenzon, A. (2005). La niña santa Instituto Nacional de Cinematografía y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA) ; Instituto de Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales de España (ICAA) ; Lita Stantic, El Deseo, Senso Producciones, La Pasionaria, Teodora, R & C Produzioni presentan ; producida por Lita Stantic ; escrita y dirigida por Lucrecia Martel . HBO Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lita, Stantic et al.. 2005. La Niña Santa Instituto Nacional De Cinematografía Y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA) ; Instituto De Cinematografía Y De Las Artes Audiovisuales De España (ICAA) ; Lita Stantic, El Deseo, Senso Producciones, La Pasionaria, Teodora, R & C Produzioni Presentan ; Producida Por Lita Stantic ; Escrita Y Dirigida Por Lucrecia Martel. HBO Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lita, Stantic et al.. La Niña Santa Instituto Nacional De Cinematografía Y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA) ; Instituto De Cinematografía Y De Las Artes Audiovisuales De España (ICAA) ; Lita Stantic, El Deseo, Senso Producciones, La Pasionaria, Teodora, R & C Produzioni Presentan ; Producida Por Lita Stantic ; Escrita Y Dirigida Por Lucrecia Martel HBO Video, 2005.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Stantic, Lita,, et al. La Niña Santa Instituto Nacional De Cinematografía Y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA) ; Instituto De Cinematografía Y De Las Artes Audiovisuales De España (ICAA) ; Lita Stantic, El Deseo, Senso Producciones, La Pasionaria, Teodora, R & C Produzioni Presentan ; Producida Por Lita Stantic ; Escrita Y Dirigida Por Lucrecia Martel HBO Video, 2005.

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