Un Monstruo de Mil Cabezas (2015)

Original title

Un monstruo de mil cabezas

Directed by

Rodrigo Plá

Genre

drama film, thriller film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 14m

Rated

14

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wife fights against a bureaucracy that won't approve care for her dying husband. Her desperation grows as she pressures insurance officials for a decision.

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What happens

A Monster with a Thousand Heads (Spanish: Un Monstruo de Mil Cabezas) is a 2015 Mexican thriller film, directed and produced by Rodrigo Plá 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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