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  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 55 m

Summary 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...

Directed By: Claude Chabrol

Written By: Cécile Maistre, Claude Chabrol

  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 55 m

The Girl Cut in Two

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
73
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary 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...

Directed By: Claude Chabrol

Written By: Cécile Maistre, Claude Chabrol

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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81% Positive
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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100
Impeccably made and uncompromisingly adult, Claude Chabrol's A Girl Cut in Two is unquestionably the work of a master.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
88
The plot was probably inspired by an actual event, which I will not mention because you may be familiar with it. In any event, Chabrol's insidious style is more absorbing than the plot, as it should be.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
75
Would be worthy of the highest rating, except for a slight slackening of energy in the last 20 minutes.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
75
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.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
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.
By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW
60
I can't help wishing that Chabrol would, just once, cast off his own good narrative manners--do away with the irritations of a film like A Girl Cut in Two, which is never more than semi-plausible, and arrange his passions, as the elderly Buñuel did in "That Obscure Object of Desire," into shameless, surreal anagrams of wit and lust.
By Anthony Lane FULL REVIEW
40
Velvety storytelling still feels more thawed-out than heated.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.7
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33% Mixed
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Production Company Alicéléo, Alicéléo Cinéma, France 2 Cinéma, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Integral Film, Région Rhône-Alpes, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Canal+, CinéCinéma
Release Date Aug 15, 2008
Duration 1 h 55 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.lafillecoupeeendeux.com/
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Awards

Venice Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Pula Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Lumiere Awards, France
• 1 Nomination

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