The Headless Woman
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1h 29m
Directed by Lucrecia Martel | 89 mins | 2008
Martel’s haunting study of self-deception follows Veronica, a beloved but remote mother, after her car hits something in the road—or was it a person? As the stylish “Vero” (the late, great Maria Onetto) drifts in a daze among family and friends, the urge to bury the past takes hold. A beguilingly subjective look at personal and collective guilt.
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