‘Holly’ Review: A Curious And Clever Film About a Mysterious Girl Who May Have Otherworldly Powers -Venice Film Festival
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deadline.comHolly rings her school to tell them she is staying at home. She isn’t sick. She just can’t bring herself to go. “Bad things are going to happen today,” she says just above a whisper, her voice cracking.
But bad things happen to Holly most days; she is bullied constantly, little jibes from girls who say she smells or classmates who go through elaborate efforts not to touch “the witch,” as they call her.
It is hard to see why. The central character in Holly (newcomer Cathalina Geeraerts, who impresses even in her silence) is just the designated victim, as she will soon become a designated savior.
Two ends of the same straw, each tormenting in their own way. She is right about that bad day. A fire breaks out in the school.
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