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  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 14 m
  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 14 m

Summary When Sonia receives the news that her husband’s cancer has progressed to a terminal stage, she races to secure the insurance company approval for the care that can help him. Met with indifference and negligence at every turn, Sonia’s desperation triggers a primal survival instinct as a series of increasingly violent confrontations unfold...

Directed By: Rodrigo Plá

Written By: Laura Santullo

  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 14 m
  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 14 m

A Monster with a Thousand Heads

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Summary When Sonia receives the news that her husband’s cancer has progressed to a terminal stage, she races to secure the insurance company approval for the care that can help him. Met with indifference and negligence at every turn, Sonia’s desperation triggers a primal survival instinct as a series of increasingly violent confrontations unfold...

Directed By: Rodrigo Plá

Written By: Laura Santullo

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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100
May 12, 2016
The movie deserves to be known, first of all, as a terrific example of intelligent, captivating film craft—further proof of the recent strength of Mexican cinema.
By Godfrey Cheshire FULL REVIEW
80
May 19, 2016
Although the title might suggest cheesy sensationalism, A Monster With a Thousand Heads serves as a sobering, all-too-relatable indictment of the bureaucratic Hydra that is the medical insurance industry.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
75
May 26, 2016
Director Rodrigo Plá, working from a spare yet jangly screenplay by Laura Santullo, steadily builds suspense, craftily calibrating subtle shifts in perspective that allow us to alternate, seamlessly, between impartial observers and, as it were, active participants.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
70
May 9, 2016
Tempering the strong medicine of its social-justice protestations with a streak of outlandish melodrama, this “Monster” may not have quite as many facets as its title implies, but Pla’s formally deft manipulation of perspective keeps the pic both urgent and even-handed.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
70
May 9, 2016
This is a lean and efficient mix of thriller, drama and socio-political commentary.
By Boyd van Hoeij FULL REVIEW
63
May 12, 2016
It is engrossing, even funny at times, but it is a bit too jagged in execution to properly build to its tragic climax.
By Farran Smith Nehme FULL REVIEW
50
May 9, 2016
The politics of the film are consistently muddled by director Rodrigo Plá's conspicuous formal choices.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Buenaventura, Cinema Maquina, Edenred, Eficine (II), Fondo de Inversión y Estímulos al Cine (FIDECINE), Grupo Altavista, Grupo Herdez, Revolution 435 D&C, Rio Negro Producciones
Release Date May 11, 2016
Duration 1 h 14 m
Rating Unrated
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Website http://www.buenaventuracine.com/
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Awards

Ariel Awards, Mexico
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
Hermosillo International Film Festival, Mexico
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Warsaw International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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