The Headless Woman (2008)
"La mujer sin cabeza" (original title)

After running into something with her car, Vero experiences a particular psychological state. She realizes she might have killed someone.

Director:

Lucrecia Martel

Writer:

Lucrecia Martel

Stars:

María Onetto, Claudia Cantero, César Bordón

7 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
María Onetto	...	Verónica
Claudia Cantero	...	Josefina
César Bordón	...	Marcos
Daniel Genoud	...	Juan Manuel
Guillermo Arengo	...	Marcelo
Inés Efron	...	Candita
María Vaner	...	Tía Lala
Alicia Muxo
Pía Uribelarrea
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sebastián Montagna

Storyline

After running into something with her car, Vero experiences a particular psychological state. She realizes she might have killed someone.

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Plot Keywords:

title directed by female | written by director

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Ad Vitam [fr]

Country:

Argentina France Italy Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

21 August 2008 (Argentina)

Also Known As:

The Headless Woman

Filming Locations:

Salta, Argentina

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$14,778 (USA) (21 August 2009)

Gross:

$99,775 (USA) (7 May 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aquafilms, El Deseo S.A., R&C Produzioni

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The song playing on the car radio at the time when the accident happens is "Soley Soley" by the appropriately named group Middle of the Road.

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Connections

Featured in The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Episode #1.15 (2011)

User Reviews

A map in this woman's head.

Vero (Maria Onetto) has run over something while traveling back home, but she's totally scared and shocked to stop and watch (was it a boy or a dog?). Instead, she just goes on... from that moment,for Vero its time to try to forget.

Blames, ghosts, fears and uncertainties turn the third Lucrecia Martel's film into a masterpiece which will divide even to her fans. There are many feelings around the story and no one is completely shown or expressed. The clues to find out what Vero run over slowly appear but don't expect to understand clearly what happened, and neither understand what is she thinking nor feeling. Her head seems having stayed on the road where she had the accident and now is everything is dark and confused.

Lucrecia Martel's camera shoots the story in a society where the social differences are clear, but their characters are not aware of it.

The performances are quite good. Maria Onetto is so expressive! all of them are really involved with the film. Even Inés Efrón is good! - because I still cant understand why critics said she was excellent in 'XXY'.

As I said, 'The headless woman' is not for everyone, ''it is confused ,too experimental and not totally resolved'' some wrote. But trust me, it's intelligent, different and sensitive. It is a road to nowhere, it is a map without any road. Because she has lost her head in that accident and as a viewer you just follow the road you may feel is the right to understand Vero and the story.

Thanks Lucrecia!... again.

10/10