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A Girl Cut in Two

2007 · 115 min

A cool, sardonic study of desire and cruelty, watching a naive woman be used and discarded with detached, unsettling precision.

Directed by
Claude Chabrol
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Starring
Ludivine Sagnier, Benoît Magimel, François Berléand
Tagline
One man's love is another man's lust.
Overview
A TV weather girl is torn between an older man, a famous married author whom she loves but who won't leave his wife, and a semi-deranged young heir to an industrial fortune who loves her.

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Directed by
Claude Chabrol
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Starring
Ludivine Sagnier, Benoît Magimel, François Berléand
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • class
  • power
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour5
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, thriller
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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115 min
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France, Germany
Languages
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