Synopsis
Gabrielle Deneige is an independent, ambitious TV weather girl torn between her love of a distinguished author several decades her senior, and the attentions of a headstrong, potentially unstable young suitor. An unspoken past between the two men heightens tensions, and though she's initially certain of her love for one them, the see-saw demands and whims of both men keep confusing - and darkening - matters. Before long she's encountering emotional and societal forces well beyond her control, inexorably leading to a shocking clash of violence and passion.
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Cast
- Ludivine SagnierGabrielle Deneige
- Benoît MagimelPaul Andre Claude Gaudens
- François BerléandCharles Denis, dit Saint-Denis
- Mathilda MayCapucine Jamet
- Caroline SilholGeneviève Gaudens
- Marie BunelMarie Deneige
- Valéria CavalliDona Saint-Denis
- Etienne ChicotDenis Deneige
- Édouard BaerSelf
- Jean-Marie WinlingGérard Briançon
Recommendations
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The New York Times
An erotically charged, beautifully directed story of a woman preyed upon by different men and her own warring desires. - 75
The A.V. Club
Chabrol develops the inevitable confrontation between the two men like a car wreck in slow motion, and getting there takes a little more work than it should; the film takes the form of a thriller, but it doesn't have the pace of one. - 75
New York Post
Chabrol, who is often called the French Hitchcock because of his intricate thrillers, is approaching the big 8-0, yet he continues to do quality work, as shown by A Girl Cut in Two. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
A dry, thoroughly modern reminder that while mores change, human nature doesn't. - 70
Chicago Reader
Claude Chabrol's capacity to make shopworn material seem almost new is especially evident in this 2007 drama, which he cowrote with his stepdaughter, Cecile Maistre. - 70
Variety
While not a classic, this is a pleasantly disturbing, nominally voyeuristic romp in the territory Chabrol knows best. - 70
Village Voice
A Girl Cut in Two is a spry piece of work. Chabrol uses this sinister clown show as a means to puncture the media world's hot-air balloons--as well as to highlight the hypocrisies of his favorite target, the haute bourgeoisie. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Its impact is weakened by a limp ending and a sense that it all adds up to rather less than the sum of its parts.
