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The Headless Woman is a espagnol film of genre Drama directed by Lucrecia Martel with María Onetto
The Headless Woman (2008)
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Add to a movie listThe Headless Woman (Spanish: La mujer sin cabeza / La mujer rubia) is a 2008 Argentine psychological thriller art film written and directed by Lucrecia Martel and starring María Onetto. The plot revolves around Vero (short for Verónica) (Onetto), who hits something while driving on a deserted road near Salta. Not being sure if she has hit a person or an animal, she drives off, and becomes increasingly mentally disturbed.
The film premiered in competition at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2008. It opened nationwide on August 21, 2008, after being screened at the Locarno International Film Festival earlier that month. While The Headless Woman was mostly lauded by critics for its cinematography and social commentary, with some comparing Martel to Alfred Hitchcock and Michelangelo Antonioni, others were critical torwards the film's slow pace and lack of clear narrative.
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After hitting something with her, car (either a boy or a dog), middled-aged dentist Vero (María Onetto) experiences an enigmatic breakdown consisting of memory loss and emotional detachment.Actors
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