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'A Monster with a Thousand Heads' is a 2015 Mexican thriller film, directed and produced by Rodrigo Pl and written by Laura Santullo. The film stars Jana Raluy, as a wife desperate to beat the bureaucracy, when her insurance company refuses to approve the care her husband needs to survive.

'A Monster with a Thousand Heads' premiered at the 72nd Venice Film Festival as the opening film of the Orizzonti section. The film also received seven nominations for the Ariel Awards in Mexico, including Best Picture, Best Direction and Best Actress, winning one for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film was named on the shortlist for Mexico's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not selected.

Plot



Sonia Bonet (Jana Raluy) tries to take justice into her own hands after a health-insurance company named Alta Salud refuses to approve the care of her dying spouse. She and her son Dario (Sebastin Aguirre) attempt to fight the system, forcing the company employees to perform the corresponding procedure.

Cast



*Jana Raluy as Sonia Bonet

*Sebastin Aguirre as Dario

*Emilio Echevarra as Enrique Sandoval Nez

*Hugo Albores as Dr. Villalba

*Daniel Gimnez Cacho as Nicols Pietro

*Daniel Cubillo as Memo (Sonia's husband)

*Veronica Falcn as Lorena Morgan

*rsula Pruneda as Mnica

*No Hernndez as Doorman

*Harold Torres as Police Agent 1

*Marisol Centeno as Lorena Morgan's assistant

*Tenoch Huerta Meja as Prosecutor (voice)

Production



'A Monster with a Thousand Heads' is the fourth feature film from Uruguayan-Mexican director Rodrigo Pl, following 'La Zona' (2007),

'Desierto Adentro' (2008) and 'La Demora' (2012). The screenplay was written by Laura Santullo, based on her novel of the same title. The main actors, Jana Raluy and Sebastian Aguirre, recreate "desperate characters" without

exaggerated gestures and postures, "enhancing their work", according to Columba Vrtiz de la Fuente of 'Proceso'. The actors read the novel beforehand and rehearsed many times before shooting. Raluy stated that her father died of cancer shortly before the filming started, and that helped her to create her character. About the storyline, screenwriter Santullo exposed that they [Pl and herself] tried to make "an honest movie about the things we think and the concerns we have. So we talk about public and private health, a topic very delicate in the country and the world."

Response



Critical response

The film was the opening film of the Orizzonti section at the 72nd Venice Film Festival. After this premiere, Boyd van Hoeij of 'The Hollywood Reporter' wrote on his review that the film is "a lean and efficient mix of thriller, drama and socio-political commentary", and also praised the leading work of actress Jana Raluy, stating that she "displays the right mix of craziness and steamrolling strength to appear dangerous, even though the awkward way she holds a gun clearly indicates shes a fed-up hausfrau reduced to desperate measures, not a trained killer." The reviewer commented on director Rodrigo Pl and cinematographer Obei Zabaleta, who "use their widescreen canvas beautifully". Jos Luis Garca of 'Cinestel' said that the film has "certain moments of black humor that help lighten the dramatic burden of social criticism". The Mexican premiere of the film was held at the 13th Morelia International Film Festival on October 24, 2015, and by participating in this festival, the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences was able to nominate it for seven categories at the Ariel Awards of 2016, including Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Picture.

Awards and nominations



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