A Monster with a Thousand Heads
A woman resorts to desperate measures when an insurance company refuses to help her terminally ill husband. She and her son attempt to fight the system, forcing the company employees to perform the corresponding procedure.
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15 May 1961, Madrid, Spain
8 August 1966, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
16 February 1967, Mexico City, Mexico
December 19, 2016
A film that has the exact mix of suspense and drama to keep your attention, and great performances. [Full review in Spanish]
June 09, 2016
While some of the plot points in this Mexican drama strain logic, there's an undeniable emotional truth to every step the woman takes; the icy, formal cinematography assists by accentuating her helplessness against a faceless bureaucracy.
March 09, 2017
A film with great narrative and artistic solvency to suggest an oppressive atmosphere and maintain a fast pace of suspense in what is now openly a thriller with a social critic. [Full review in Spanish]
December 19, 2016
A powerful and frantic portrait that Mexican cinema makes of a reality that could happen in many other countries of the world. [Full review in Spanish]
January 02, 2017
From Villalba's apathetic attitude toward his patient to detestable insurance company policies... the film's gradual revelations make Sonia's actions justifiable -- almost.
June 16, 2016
Quiet and contemplative instead of being noisy and all about action, A Monster With a Thousand Heads, based on a novel by Laura Santullo, slowly pulls viewers in to [Sonia's] plight.
May 26, 2016
Plá, working from a spare yet jangly screenplay by Laura Santullo, steadily builds suspense, craftily calibrating subtle shifts in perspective that allow us to alternate, seamlessly, between impartial observers and, as it were, active participants.
December 20, 2016
A thriller that offers an efficient plot in which a woman act as a heroine against the system. [Full review in Spanish]
May 19, 2016
A sobering, all-too-relatable indictment of the bureaucratic Hydra that is the medical insurance industry.
December 19, 2016
A very well told story with subtle hints of dark humor that you can't miss. [Full review in Spanish]
May 20, 2016
A Monster With a Thousand Heads is a political outcry masquerading as a taut, well-crafted thriller.
