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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]

Directed By: Lucrecia Martel

Written By: Lucrecia Martel

  • 2009
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2009
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 27 m

The Headless Woman

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 12 Critic Reviews
81
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
7.2
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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]

Directed By: Lucrecia Martel

Written By: Lucrecia Martel

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 12 Critic Reviews
81
83% Positive
10 Reviews
8% Mixed
1 Review
8% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 12 Critic Reviews
81
83% Positive
10 Reviews
8% Mixed
1 Review
8% Negative
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100
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.
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100
Brilliant, maddeningly enigmatic puzzle of a movie.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
88
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.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW
80
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.
By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW
80
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.
By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW
70
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."
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25
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.
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Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
7.2
60% Positive
6 Ratings
30% Mixed
3 Ratings
10% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
7.2
60% Positive
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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
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Website http://www.advitamdistribution.com/fiche.php?film_id=87
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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

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