The Headless Woman

2009 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Foreign Language

Synopsis

After hitting something with her car, a bourgeois Argentine woman's life slowly descends into paranoia and isolation, as she fears she may have killed someone.

Scores

Overall Score
41.0
Popularity Percentile (Year)
33.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
36.7%
Review Aggregate
65.9

Critic Consensus

75.9% Fresh • 54 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 76% of 54 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize visually striking, stylized, suspenseful. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

visually strikingstylizedsuspensefulemotionalthought-provokinggrittycharacter-drivenpsychologicalpoliticaldark

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
María Onetto2009$3,000$5,000(est)
Claudia Cantero2009$2,000$3,000(est)
Inés Efron2009$2,000$2,000(est)
César Bordón2009$1,000$2,000(est)
Daniel Genoud2009$1,000$2,000(est)
Guillermo Arengo2009$1,000$1,000(est)
María Vaner2009$1,000$1,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score76.0
RT critic review count55
Rotten Tomatoes audience score55.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating6.5
IMDb votes6,056

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2009$100,177$146,506
International2009$205,589$300,668
Worldwide2009$305,766$447,174

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2009$132,324$193,520
Digital Rentals ?2009$940,000$1,374,723
Digital Purchases ?2009$301,000$440,204
Physical Rentals ?2009$3,838,000$5,612,963
Physical Purchases ?2009$8,200,000$11,992,261
TV & Streaming Revenue2009$50,088$73,253
Total Revenues2009$13,461,413$19,686,924
Expenses
Budget ?2009$336,000 (est)$491,390 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2009$245,000 (est)$358,305 (est)
Participations2009$538,000$786,809
Residuals ?2009$934,000$1,365,948
Interest & Overhead2009$67,200$98,278
Total Expenses2009$2,120,200$3,100,731
Movie Net Profit or Loss2009$11,341,213$16,586,193

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