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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