THE HEADLESS WOMAN directed by Lucrecia Martel (Argentina, 2008)
Suspense, suspicion, guilt, crisis of identity and paranoia were all vital ingredients in Alfred Hitchcock’s most memorable movies. The Headless Woman (La Mujer Sin Cabeza) contains all of these but in a deliberately reduced, even sedated, form and the one vital element that is absent is a crime.
The story revolves totally around a blonde woman (played by María Onetto) who is convinced she has killed a young boy in a car accident. Whether this happened or not remains one of a number of ambiguities in this fascinating film. Continue reading
