The Headless Woman

Argentinian writer and director, Lucrecia Martel's follow up to her acclaimed "The Holy Girl" is beautiful and fluid film about Veronica, a married dentist whose life unravels after she accidentally hits a dog which shakes her equilibrium of daily grind that involves interaction with her family, servants, employees and patients. For Martel the journey is more important than the destination. Before Veronica returns to her normal daily life, Martel takes the viewer on the journey from the accident and everything that follows without giving any information ahead where lies the pleasure or frustration depending on the viewer. What Martel successfully achieves is a sense of entrapment of social interactions that comes with the daily grind that consumes your total attention. While Veronica experiences mental detachment, everybody around makes sure she attends to her duties as a doctor, wife, mother, sister, daughter and socialite. Martel realizes the irony that while everybody pays attention to Veronica's hairstyle, nobody cares about what goes on inside as long as she fulfills her duties. YRCinema's coverage of films on DVD.