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In the Cut

2003 · 119 min

A slow, uneasy plunge into desire and danger, where intimacy feels threatening and every glance carries menace.

Directed by
Jane Campion
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Tagline
Everything you know about desire is dead wrong.
Overview
A New York City writing professor, Frannie Avery, has an affair with a police detective who is investigating the murder of a beautiful young woman in her neighborhood.

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Directed by
Jane Campion
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • sexuality
  • violence
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism7
Romance4
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, mystery, thriller, romance
Directed by
Jane Campion
Written by
Jane Campion, Stavros Kazantzidis, Susanna Moore
Starring
Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nick Damici, Sharrieff Pugh, Heather Litteer, Michael Nuccio, Allison Nega
Music
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Cinematography
Dion Beebe
Runtime
119 min
Country
United States of America, France
Languages
English

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