The Headless Woman

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DVD Details

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 27 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: December 15, 2009
  • Originally Released: 2008
  • Label: Strand Home Video

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 1,378
Rating: 3.5/4 -- If Hitchcock and Antonioni ever had an interest in class guilt, you'd have Martel. Full Review
Boston Globe
Apr 29, 2010
Rating: 2/5 -- The pacing is so leaden, and the direction so heavy-handed, that it's fundamentally hard to care. Full Review
Times (UK)
Feb 19, 2010
The Headless Woman is the closest thing to a genre film that has done Martel and, at the same time, is also the most twisted of all his films. [Full review in Spanish] Full Review
Cine Vértigo
Apr 2, 2016
A full appreciation of Lucrecia Martel's elegant, rain-soaked film, THE HEADLESS WOMAN, requires the concentration and eye for detail of a forensic detective. Every frame of this brilliant, maddeningly enigmatic puzzle of a movie contains crucial information...
New York Times
Aug 19, 2009
An unsettling sense of guilt and dread runs through this elliptical film that proves Martel has much improved from The Holy Girl. Full Review
Stop Smiling
Aug 2, 2015
Keeping the viewer almost as much in the dark as the heroine, this 2008 puzzler from the talented Lucrecia Martel (Zama) is a challenge worth taking up. Full Review
The Age (Australia)
Oct 5, 2018
Rating: 5/5 -- A masterly, disturbing and deeply mysterious film. Full Review
Guardian
Feb 19, 2010

Product Description:

After only three features, Lucrecia Martel has firmly established herself as one of world cinema's most distinctive visionaries. Following up on her subliminally atmospheric LA CIENAGA and THE HOLY GIRL, Martel goes even deeper into cinematic obliqueness with THE HEADLESS WOMAN. The story concerns Veronica (Maria Onetto), who accidentally hits something while driving one day. To the viewer, it appears to be a dog, but Veronica is unable to shake the fear that she killed a young boy. As the days wear on, she has trouble recalling even the most basic details of her life, to the point where she appears to be suffering from amnesia. Or is she simply trying to deny the truth about what really happened' All signs point to her being in the clear, yet just when she begins to feel okay another mysterious coincidence arises that makes her doubt herself once again.

Martel challenges viewers in a way that will cause many to scratch their heads, but this is clearly calculated behavior on her part. By using clever sound design and exquisitely framed images, she creates a palpable tension that makes THE HEADLESS WOMAN feel like a most unlikely thriller. She is also driven by a desire to expose the horrific divides in Argentina's class system, making the film as much a work of social commentary as a fine example of thought-provoking entertainment. THE HEADLESS WOMAN is a film that demands multiple viewings to break through its mysterious surface.

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  • UPC: 712267290727
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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