# The Headless Woman (2008)

> After a bourgeois Argentine woman may hit someone with her car, guilt and fractured perception dissolve the boundary between reality and denial.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/4286

## Facts

- Runtime: 87 min
- Genres: Drama, Mystery
- Director: Lucrecia Martel
- Cast: María Onetto, Claudia Cantero, César Bordón, Guillermo Arengo, Inés Efrón, María Vaner, Daniel Genoud, Alicia Muxo
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1221141/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: slow
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: mild
- Mood: eerie, contemplative, oppressive, quiet evening, arthouse cinema night

## Synopsis

A woman's life spirals into chaos after a fateful accident, leaving her questioning reality.

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