““One of the great films of the decade.””
THE HEADLESS WOMAN / LA MUJER SIN CABEZA
(Lucrecia Martel, Argentina, 2008, 87 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
From the director of La Ciénaga, comes this oblique, compelling tale of a poster child for the South American haute bourgeoisie: blonde and bland, perfectly coiffed and made-up, usually sitting behind the wheel of a Mercedes. María Onetto plays a woman whose perfect life may be a dream or whose nightmare accident (was that a child her car hit? a dog? or nothing?) may indicate that her entire existence lacks reality. Critics have referenced David Lynch and Luis Buñuel as forerunners for the kind of hyper-reality the film exudes. When the film played at the 2008 New York Film Festival, the Village Voice’s J. Hoberman wrote: “The third feature by Lucrecia Martel, leading director of the Argentine renaissance, is her strongest to date — at the very least, this brilliantly edited, purposefully disorienting comedy about a middle-aged woman’s post-car-accident confusion is the movie I’m most looking forward to revisiting.”
Wednesday, June 26, 6:20pm*
Film Forum
209 West Houston St., New York City
For tickets and more information visit: https://filmforum.org/film/the-headless-woman
Friends at Cinema Tropical are eligible to use our partner promo code: YFFJUNE26 for discounted tickets ($11 instead of $17). Information about the film can be found here:
*Screening introduced by Carlos A. Gutiérrez, Executive Director, Cinema Tropical
The Headless Woman is the first in a new series curated especially for Young Film Forum (YFF) members—members in their 20s and 30s—and is programmed by Tristan Pollack, FF’s Membership Assistant. This series reprises movies that have premiered at Film Forum, introducing audiences to titles from our 54-year history. The screenings are open to the general public. YFF members and YFF-eligible guests are invited to a post-show soirée.
