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A Girl Cut in Two
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. Their sincere and competent script seemingly transplants the 1906 murder of New York architect Stanford White to contemporary France, with an added emphasis on various forms of class and sexist abuse. A TV weather announcer (Ludivine Sagnier) becomes involved with a famous writer (Francois Berléand) who's married and nearly twice her age, much to the chagrin of a spoiled heir (Benoit Magimel) who's closer to her in age and accustomed to getting his way. In French with subtitles. 114 min. |
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