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  • 2019
  • Unrated
  • Altered Innocence
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2019
  • Unrated
  • Altered Innocence
  • 1 h 42 m

Summary Paris, Summer 1979. Anne (Vanessa Paradis) produces third-rate gay porn. After her editor and lover Lois leaves her, she tries to win her back by shooting her most ambitious film yet with her trusted, flaming sidekick Archibald. But one of her actors is brutally murdered and Anne gets caught up in a strange investigation that turns her l...

Directed By: Yann Gonzalez

Written By: Cristiano Mangione, Yann Gonzalez

  • 2019
  • Unrated
  • Altered Innocence
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2019
  • Unrated
  • Altered Innocence
  • 1 h 42 m

Knife + Heart

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
70
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
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Summary Paris, Summer 1979. Anne (Vanessa Paradis) produces third-rate gay porn. After her editor and lover Lois leaves her, she tries to win her back by shooting her most ambitious film yet with her trusted, flaming sidekick Archibald. But one of her actors is brutally murdered and Anne gets caught up in a strange investigation that turns her l...

Directed By: Yann Gonzalez

Written By: Cristiano Mangione, Yann Gonzalez

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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76% Positive
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24% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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100
Apr 1, 2019
I highly suggest seeking out Knife+Heart if you like 70s & 80s B-movie and exploitation films. This was a spot-on homage to the beloved genre. It’s hilarious and haunting and genuinely beautiful, an ambitious film that the more prudish amongst us will be squirming in their seats during. So this is definitely not something to go see with your parents, regardless of your and their ages.
By Lorry Kikta FULL REVIEW
83
Oct 4, 2018
The gauzy cinematography also helps, as does the mise-en-scène, which poses Anne’s chosen family of proud perverts in studied tableaus reminiscent of the Renaissance masters. Only, you know, in a porno.
By Katie Rife FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
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59% Positive
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29% Mixed
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12% Negative
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80
Apr 5, 2022
The result is a luridly coloured, transgressively queered piece of self-conscious schlock where cutting is the business of lovesick killers as much as filmmakers – and both cut right to the heart.
By Anton Bitel FULL REVIEW
80
May 19, 2018
Knife hits you from its very first frame — and this is really a frame of celluloid and not a file of gigabytes — as a work engulfed in the pleasures of filmmaking's past.
By Jordan Mintzer FULL REVIEW
67
May 19, 2018
For a giallo riff so light on gore, Knife + Heart is still a bloody mess.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
60
May 19, 2018
Gonzalez can be masterful in conjuring sexy imagery, febrile moods and erotic frissons, but his grip on the storytelling here is weak. Knife + Heart struggles to regain its initial momentum, falling flat until a lively climax.
By Martyn Conterio FULL REVIEW
40
May 19, 2018
It really is strange, a film with what is actually a pretty good premise for a comedy, but with no interest in actually being a comedy and also no interest in being a thriller, or even that mysterious erotic parable that it seems to be claiming to be.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
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Production Company CG Cinéma, Piano, Garidi Films, Arte France Cinéma, Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), ARTE, Canal+, Ciclic - Région Centre, Région Centre Val-de-Loire, Eficine 189, Memento Films, Kinology, Cofinova 14
Release Date Mar 15, 2019
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating Unrated
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Website http://cgcinema.eu/films/un-couteau-dans-le-c-ur
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Awards

CinEuphoria Awards
• 2 Wins & 15 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Prix Jean Vigo
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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