Claude Chabrol’s film is unquestionably the work of a master. As well it should be, given that the celebrated French filmmaker ha produced more than 50 features in half a century of directing. If you don’t believe all that experience can come in handy, this involving and intelligent film will change your mind. Starting with a turn-of-the-century American romantic triangle, Chabrol has transferred the story to contemporary France and turned it into a study of the confounding nature of the human heart, of the way innocence and corruption can be at such devastating cross purposes that, as one character puts it, “love is the only crime that gives a life sentence.” (Kenneth Turan's review of "A Girl Cut in Two")
Synopsis "A Girl Cut in Two"
The French master of suspense Claude Chabrol returns with the razor-sharp, darkly seductive, A GIRL CUT IN TWO. Gabrielle Deneige (Ludivine Sagnier) is an independent, ambitious TV weather girl torn between her love of a distinguished author several decades her senior (Francois Berléand), and the attentions of a headstrong, potentially unstable young suitor (Benoit Magimel). 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. Inspired by the sensational Gilded Age murder of Madison Square Garden architect Stanford White, A GIRL CUT IN TWO is trademark Chabrol: fiendishly entertaining and impossible to shake.
Cast: Ludivine Sagnier, Benoît Magimel, François Berléand, Mathilda May, Caroline Sihol
Director: Claude Chabrol
Opened August 15, 2008 Runtime:1 hr. 54 min
Genres: Black Comedy, Comedy Thriller, Comedy
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