A Girl Cut in Two

...not his style aEUR" but Claude Chabrol, another New Wave giant who continues to walk tall, puts designer duds to potent use in A Girl Cut in Two, with Ludivine Sagnier and BenoA®t Magimel, two of France's biggest young stars, and clothes...

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Turning in a great performance for legendary director Chabrol here certainly won't hurt her standing at home or abroad. [More] Reviews for A Girl Cut in Two At age 78, director Claude Chabrol is more than capable of giving us a completely...

In this article: Claude Chabrol, Ludivine Sagnier, The Piano Teacher, Rotten Tomatoes, Claude Miller, Christophe Honore, and Francois Ozon

Infamy isn't what it used to be, even when director Claude Chabrol is the one reviving an old story in "A Girl Cut in Two." Still, it's hard to argue that the once-infamous Evelyn Nesbit scandal couldn't happen today. In June 1906, her...

In this article: Claude Chabrol, Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, and Benoit Magimel

...emotional way. Paul is a schizophrenic, whose flamboyance is simply laughable. Although all this makes "A Girl Cut in Two" a minor work by Chabrol, it would be a major work by most directors, and one that's still fascinating even in its...

In this article: Claude Chabrol, Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, and Benoit Magimel

...Chris Barsanti - Copyright © 2008 Filmcritic.com Quite a good portion of Claude Chabrol's tasty cocktail of romance and jealousy, A Girl Cut in Two, has gone by before you realize that, in essence, nothing much of consequence has happened.

In this article: Claude Chabrol, Penelope Ann Miller, Benoit Magimel, Ludivine Sagnier, Francois Berleand, and Stanford White

Kenneth Turan 'A Girl Cut in Two' Claude Chabrol's "A Girl Cut in Two" is unquestionably the work of a master. As well it should be, given that the celebrated French filmmaker has produced more than 50 features in half a century of...

In this article: Claude Chabrol, Los Angeles Times, and France

...a TV weather girl, she's on her way to bigger things, because her essence is unclouded. You look at her and actually see her. "A Girl Cut in Two," the latest feature from Claude Chabrol, tells the story of a burgeoning TV personality who...

In this article: Ludivine Sagnier, Claude Chabrol, San Francisco Chronicle, Francois Ozon, Benoit Magimel, and France

...Chabrol's French update of an American scandal is subtle and complex. Impeccably made and uncompromisingly adult, Claude Chabrol's " A Girl Cut in Two" is unquestionably the work of a master. As well it should be, given that the...

In this article: Claude Chabrol, Tinkerbell, Stanford White, Peter Pan, and Evelyn Nesbit

...of success and equally matched and monstrous egos, the two men push and pull at Gabrielle, having a go at a woman who, for much of the film, seems as pliant as a puppet, an obedient pet, a child. Mr. Chabrol may have once enjoyed punishing...

In this article: Claude Chabrol, Le Beau Serge, Turandot, Stanford White, Benoit Magimel, and Mathilda May

...love, she becomes enraged when he doesn't come back for more, at which point she marries Paul, whose violence against Charles late in the film isn't so much waged on behalf of Gabrielle as it is in deference to a skeleton that falls out of...

In this article: Claude Chabrol, Benoit Magimel, Ludivine Sagnier, Francois Berleand, Film Review, and Slant Magazine