María Onetto, Claudia Cantero, César Bordón

After running into something with her car, Vero experiences a particular psychological state. She realizes she might have killed someone.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 27 min.

Directed by: Lucrecia Martel

Release Date: May 21, 2008

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DVD Release Date: December 15, 2009

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  • October 6, 2009
    BIG SCREEN. Magnífica y madura entrega de Martel. Como las anteriores, trabaja con pinceladas que, vistas en conjunto, dejan apreciar todo un mundo interno y externo, aunque el panorama sea uno más bien sombrío. No importa lo que digan los críticos imbéciles como Armond White, Ma...( read more)rtel es una directora que entiende a cabalidad sus temas y el lenguaje cinematográfico como para evitar caer en el cliché y la sacrosanta fórmula de emociones y perturbaciones domesticadas. / Magnificent and mature offer by Martel. As the previous ones, she works with small strokes that, looked at all together, let us observe a whole internal and external world, even if the landscape is somber. Regardless of what asshole critics like Armond White say, Martel is a director who perfectly understands her subjects and the language of cinema so as to avoid cliches and the sacrosanct formula of domesticated emotions and disturbs.
  • September 18, 2009
    From ShellyLuca: "Good stuff.."
  • September 16, 2009
    Maria Onetto is breath taking, a mind trouble story.
  • April 9, 2009
    28TH INT. IST. FILM FESTIVAL.

    Lucrecia Martel is one of the members of the so-called "New Argentina Cinema" which began c. 1998.

    "You know, I don't simply want to tell stories," said Martel. "Cinema, due to its characteristics, enables us to express a way of thinking throug...( read more)h a story. But a story is a trick. It's something on top. It's artificial."
  • January 30, 2009
    Agustin gives 5 stars.

Critic Reviews


August 26, 2009
Armond White, The New York Press

Martel is a very minor art-filmmaker. Not especially insightful, she exemplifies the second-rate aesthetics of underdeveloped cultures. Her over-subtle approach hides the superficiality of her dull, d... full review

August 17, 2009
David Edelstein, New York Magazine

The lead actress, María Onetto, holds you through the longueurs. full review

October 8, 2008
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

So affected and emotionally inaccessible as to be borderline intolerable. full review

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