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Word: verónica (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2008-2008
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Driving home one day, Ver?nica (Mar?a Onetto) hits something in the road and is afraid she has run over someone. Her husband tries to assure her it was just a dog she hit, but gradually her fear festers into dementia. As with Three Monkeys, the plot of this Argentine non-drama makes it sound more interesting than it is. The film is inert, visually tiring, utterly lacking in suspense; nothing changes except Onetto's hair color. Martel won some international converts for The Holy Girl in 2004, but this time the acolytes are likely to become apostates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Critical Snapshot in 10 Reviews or Less | 5/21/2008 | See Source »

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