The Headless Woman


1h 27m 2008

Brief Synopsis

A bourgeois middle-aged dentist named Veronica drives alone on a dirt road, becomes distracted, and runs over something. Immediately she becomes disoriented, unmoored from her identity and reality, like a sleepwalker who's actually awake. As the week go on, she becomes obsessed with the possibility

Film Details

Also Known As
Headless Woman, Mujer Sin Cabeza, La
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Thriller
Release Date
2008
Distribution Company
Strand Releasing
Location
Salta, Argentina

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 27m

Synopsis

A bourgeois middle-aged dentist named Veronica drives alone on a dirt road, becomes distracted, and runs over something. Immediately she becomes disoriented, unmoored from her identity and reality, like a sleepwalker who's actually awake. As the week go on, she becomes obsessed with the possibility that she may have killed someone: a young boy whose body is found in a roadside canal. Veronica tries to piece together what happened while her husband systematically erases her tracks.

Film Details

Also Known As
Headless Woman, Mujer Sin Cabeza, La
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Thriller
Release Date
2008
Distribution Company
Strand Releasing
Location
Salta, Argentina

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 27m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 2008

Released in United States 2009

Released in United States June 2009

Released in United States May 2008

Released in United States on Video December 15, 2009

Released in United States September 4, 2009

Released in United States Summer August 19, 2009

Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Competition) May 14-25, 2008.

Shown at CineVegas Film Festival (Sure Bets) June 10-15, 2009.

Shown at New York Film Festival September 26-October 12, 2008.

Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Spectrum) January 21-February 1, 2009.

Released in United States 2008 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Showcase on Argentina) October 30-November 9, 2008.)

Released in United States 2008 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 26-October 12, 2008.)

Released in United States 2009 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Spectrum) January 21-February 1, 2009.)

Released in United States May 2008 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Competition) May 14-25, 2008.)

Released in United States June 2009 (Shown at CineVegas Film Festival (Sure Bets) June 10-15, 2009.)

Released in United States Summer August 19, 2009 (NY)

Released in United States September 4, 2009 (Los Angeles)

Released in United States on Video December 15, 2009