The Headless Woman
- Director: Lucrecia Martel
- Writer: Lucrecia Martel
- Cast: Maria Onetto, Ines Efron, Claudia Cantero, Cesar Bordon, Daniel Genoud, Guillermo Arengo, Maria Vaner
- Theatrical Release Date: August 19, 2009
- Distributor: Strand Releasing
- Festivals: Cannes Film Festival, Locarno International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Seattle International Film Festival
- On The Web IMDB Entry
Synopsis: A bourgeois woman (Maria Onetto) is driving alone on a dirt road, becomes distracted, and runs over something. In the days following this jarring incident, she is dazed and emotionally disconnected from the people and events in her life. She becomes obsessed with the possibility that she may have killed someone. The police confirm that there were no accidents reported in the area and everything returns to normal until a gruesome discovery is made. Lucrecia Martel’s third feature examines the intricacies of class status and the role of women in a male-dominated society. [Synopsis courtesy of Strand Releasing]
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Indiewire Reviews
After I Forget: Lucrecia Martel's "The Headless Woman"
You've seen this empty canal before. Some boys and a dog were running around here, across the street and into it, just a few minutes ago. But you're not prepared, five minutes into "The Headless Woman," with a sunny pop song on the car radio, for the protagonist to hit something. Yet you'll spend th...
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