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- 2009
- Unrated
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 27 m
- 2009
- Unrated
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 27 m
Summary A mysterious and intriguing tale of a woman who may have killed someone or something while driving on a dirt road. Dazed and confused, she tries to piece together what happened, while her husband systematically tries to erase her tracks. [Strand Releasing]
Written By: Lucrecia Martel
- 2009
- Unrated
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 27 m
- 2009
- Unrated
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 27 m
The Headless Woman
81
7.2
Where to Watch
Summary A mysterious and intriguing tale of a woman who may have killed someone or something while driving on a dirt road. Dazed and confused, she tries to piece together what happened, while her husband systematically tries to erase her tracks. [Strand Releasing]
Written By: Lucrecia Martel
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
81
83% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
8% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
81
83% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
8% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Martel's vision is so visually rich and complex it borders on the impressionistic, but The Headless Woman would be nowhere without the precise tour de force performance by Onetto.
Brilliant, maddeningly enigmatic puzzle of a movie.
This is also the first of Martel’s films to build in a direction other than up. The film’s lateral movement continues a kind of class commentary.
As dense and fluid as Martel's movie is, the viewer--like the protagonist--is compelled to live in the moment. And a rich moment it is.
Guilt and alienation from Argentina’s Lucrecia Martel, so arty, enervated, and allegorical it might have been made by a European in the early sixties.
A simpler and more taut, if slightly less interesting version of the oblique but mesmerizing studies of family life in fetid, hothouse atmospheres the Argentine helmer offered up in "La cienaga" and "The Holy Girl."
The disjointedness of The Headless Woman might be the result of narrative complexity or of directorial ineptitude or (my favorite) of narrative complexity mangled by directorial ineptitude. If the residual fog ever clears, maybe I'll be able to tell you for sure.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
7.2
60% Positive
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6 Ratings
30% Mixed
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10% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
7.2
60% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
30% Mixed
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10% Negative
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Production Company
Aquafilms,
El Deseo,
R&C Produzioni,
Slot Machine,
Teodora Film
Release Date Aug 19, 2009
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating Unrated
Awards
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina
• 3 Wins & 12 Nominations
Indiewire Critics' Poll
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
