The Headless Woman, Lucretia Martel, 2008

Film Critic  The Headless Woman

The Headless Woman was one of the most difficult but rewarding films I've seen in along time. The attention to light, color, and composition makes this film absolutely fascination watch. 

The films explores how a person deals with the guilt of thinking they've accidentally killed someone. In the film, the main character hits something with her car while driving and distracted. She has a genuine fear that what she's run over is a child. In the film we catch a glimpse of what we can almost distinguish as dog. However, the character's doubt spreads and we begin to wonder what it is we really saw in that split second. The rest of the film is a visual and auditory masterpiece that follows banal moments in the main characters life that are now affected by this guilt. The cinematography and audio purposefully work together to create a sense of a character who has become isolate and constantly put on edge.