Magical Girl (titled La niña de fuego in France) is a 2014 neo-noir film written and directed by Carlos Vermut,[1] and starring Bárbara Lennie, Luis Bermejo and José Sacristán.

The plot tracks the events triggered by the decision of a father (Bermejo) to fulfill the secret wish of his dying 12-year-old otaku daughter (Pollán).

Bárbara asks a madam named Ada for money, offering to prostitute herself, thereby getting a one-time job without penetration at Óliver Zoco's residence.

Taken to a remote mansion by a chauffeur-driven car, Bárbara is asked there to remove her clothes and to remember a BDSM safeword ('hojalata') before entering a room.

Luis asks Bárbara to leave the money inside a Spanish Constitution book hosted in a public library near Puerta de Toledo.

Carlos Vermut stated that the film was influenced by the popular dark magical girl anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

[13] Jonathan Holland of The Hollywood Reporter considered the film to be "a spare, austere and thoroughly contemporary noirish social critique constructed on rich emotional foundation".

[10] Peter Debruge of Variety considered the lack of relatable human behavior the film, "an elaborately contrived, imagination-dependent dark comedy", to be both an asset and a weakness.