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The Headless Woman
Why this pick
Martel again turns bodily unease, class blindness, and family routine into a densely sensory moral fog, with suspense emerging through what characters refuse to acknowledge.
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MOVIE2004 1h 46m ARG
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Why this pick
Its humid, decaying domestic world shares The Holy Girl’s charged soundscape, off-kilter observation, and sense that adult desire and danger are always nearby.
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Why this pick
A quiet Argentine drama whose spare, observant style finds emotional tension in glances, silences, and the gradual uncertainty between people travelling together.
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The Milk of Sorrow
Why this pick
This intimate, unsettling drama similarly filters trauma, faith, and female interiority through restrained storytelling and an atmosphere where the everyday feels slightly uncanny.
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Why this pick
Its domestic setting becomes a precise study of class, desire, and unspoken rules; like The Holy Girl, it lets social discomfort build through small interactions.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The film takes place in the small town of La Ciénaga, at the ''Hotel Termas,'' a dilapidated Argentine hotel, during a medical conference. Two young teenage girls, Amalia (María Alché) and her best friend Josefina (Julieta Zylberberg), begin to explore their new sexuality and, at the same time, have Catholic religious passion. Amalia lives with her attractive divorced mother (Mercedes Morán), who owns the hotel, and her uncle Freddy (Alejandro Urdapilleta). During this time, in Amalia's mind, spiritual and sexual impulses are seeming to converge.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
María Alché
Amalia
Carlos Belloso
Dr. Jano
Alejandro Urdapilleta
Freddy
Mercedes Morán
Helena
Julieta Zylberberg
Josefina
Mia Maestro
inés
Mónica Villa
Madre Josefina