Good girl gone bad

The Holy Girl

Director: Lucrecia Martel

Cast: Mercedes Moran, Alejando Urdapilleta, Carlos Belloso, Maria Alche.

A film from Argentina, which tries hard to deliver the goods and falls a long way short.

We have here a 16-year-old girl (Alche) who lives with her mother in a Health and Beauty Centre where a doctor (Belloso) is a guest; in need of saving from himself.

Step forward the 16-year-old girl, determined to put the doc on the straight-and-narrow; something no sexually awakening 16-year-old girl should ever consider attempting. Things - you've guessed it - start to grow wrong; well, joining in the fun is always better than getting someone else to stop having it.

It's about the growing awareness of sex by a young and impressionable girl. It tries to be interesting, but doesn't manage to pull it off.

Star Rating: 2/5