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The Headless Woman (2008; Dir.: Lucrecia Martel)
Canon Fodder Episode 23
Daniel and Corky continue their world tour with a stop in Argentina to sample the Salta-flavored cinema of Lucrecia Martel. But will your hosts lose their heads with praise for The Headless Woman, or are they truly out of their heads?
THE HEADLESS WOMAN FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #196 (tied)
Cannes Film Festival premiere: May 21, 2008
IMDB synopsis: “After hitting something with her car, a bourgeois Argentine woman’s life slowly descends into paranoia and isolation, as she fears she may have killed someone.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Theatrical trailer for The Headless Woman
The incident on the road
YouTube video essay on The Headless Woman
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Mouchette (1967; Dir.: Robert Bresson)
IMDB synopsis: “A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.”
Our review of Mouchette comes out on October 8!
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