La fille coupée en deux (2007)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Claude Chabrol

Writers:

Claude Chabrol (writer)
Cécile Maistre (writer)

Release Date:

8 August 2007 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A black comedy centered around a TV weather girl and the two very different men who pursue her. |

Plot Keywords:

TV | Murder Trial | Extramarital Affair | Writer | Cuckold

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Ludivine Sagnier	...	Gabrielle Aurore Deneige
Benoît Magimel	...	Paul André Claude Gaudens
François Berléand	...	Charles Denis dit Charles Saint-Denis
Mathilda May	...	Capucine Jamet
Caroline Sihol	...	Geneviève Gaudens (as Caroline Silhol)
Marie Bunel	...	Marie Deneige
Valeria Cavalli	...	Dona Saint-Denis
Etienne Chicot	...	Denis Deneige
Thomas Chabrol	...	Maître Stéphane Lorbach
Jean-Marie Winling	...	Gérard Briançon
Didier Bénureau	...	Philippe Le Riou
Edouard Baer	...	Edouard, l'acteur interviewé
Clémence Bretécher	...	Joséphine Gaudens
Charley Fouquet	...	Eléonore Gaudens
Hubert Saint-Macary	...	Bernard Violet

Also Known As:

A Girl Cut in Two (Canada: English title) (USA) (festival title)
Die zweigeteilte Frau (Germany)
The Girl Cut in Two (International: English title)

Runtime:

USA:115 min | France:115 min | Argentina:115 min

Country:

Germany | France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | Dolby SR | DTS

Certification:

Canada:14A | Germany:16 | Italy:T | Argentina:13 | USA:Not Rated | Chile:14 | Mexico:B15 | France:U

Filming Locations:

Hôtel des Ventes Lyon Presqu'Ile - 6 rue Marcel Rivière, Lyon 2, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France

Company:

Alicéléo

Trivia:

Like L'ivresse du pouvoir (2006), four Chabrols worked on the film: Director and co-writer Claude Chabrol, his screenplay-supervisor wife Aurore Chabrol, and his two sons: composer Matthieu Chabrol and actor Thomas Chabrol.

Quotes:

Gabrielle Aurore Deneige: What do you do for a living?
Paul André Claude Gaudens: I live.

good premise, not so credible development

The premise of the movie, that two super-size ego men, one young and rich and the other old and famous, go after a young woman, who doesn't know what she is getting into, is interesting. Unfortunately, the woman's feelings for the two seem to develop at a fast food pace that undermines the credibility of the entire story. Some reviewers have argued that the central female character is more complex and nuanced than previous attempts by director Claude Chabrol. If so, I cannot imagine how misogynist his previous movies were. Still worth it, especially for the acting performance by François Berléand. If you want to pay attention to a sexy and attractive woman in the movie, though, forget about the main character, and focus on Capucine, played by Mathilda May.