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A Monster with a Thousand Heads
A Monster with a Thousand Heads
7.2
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811 Ratings

A MONSTER WITH A THOUSAND HEADS

Un monstruo de mil cabezas

Directed by Rodrigo Plá
Mexico, 2015
Drama, Thriller

Synopsis

When her insurance company refuses to approve the care her husband needs to survive, Sonia Bonet takes things into her own hands. Up against an unyielding bureaucracy and disinterested workers, she is pushed to her breaking point: with her son in tow, she attempts to fight the system.

Synopsis

When her insurance company refuses to approve the care her husband needs to survive, Sonia Bonet takes things into her own hands. Up against an unyielding bureaucracy and disinterested workers, she is pushed to her breaking point: with her son in tow, she attempts to fight the system.

Our take

This penetrating thriller takes aim at healthcare in Mexico with formal imagination. By markedly shifting the point-of-view away from its protagonist mid-scene and relaying future plot development through voice-over, the film becomes a universal tale about the human victims of corporate greed.