Fresh
This is one of Chabrol's most elegant, acerbic and heartfelt entertainments in years.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
A Girl Cut in Two
One man's love is another man's lust.
2007 · 1h 55m · Not Rated
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Claude Chabrol
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A Girl Cut in Two
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.
Director and cast
- Claude Chabrol Director
- Ludivine Sagnier as Gabrielle Deneige
- Benoît Magimel as Paul Gaudens
- François Berléand as Charles Saint-Denis
- Mathilda May as Capucine Jamet
- Caroline Silhol as Geneviève Gaudens
- Marie Bunel as Marie Deneige
- Valéria Cavalli as Dona Saint-Denis
- Etienne Chicot as Denis Deneige
- Édouard Baer Cast
- Jean-Marie Winling Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Claude Chabrol's capacity to make shopworn material seem almost new is especially evident in this 2007 drama.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
While not a classic, this is a pleasantly disturbing, nominally voyeuristic romp in the territory Chabrol knows best.
Lisa Nesselson, Variety
Fresh
Spectacularly assured, A Girl Cut in Two keeps you off-balance as it establishes a world where every conversation is a flirtation, and trouble and heartbreak sneak in on little cat feet when no one's looking.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
More than a century later, this is still a juicy story, and the actors don't back away from its more hysterical flourishes.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
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