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A Girl Cut in Two

A Girl Cut in Two

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A Girl Cut in Two

"One man's love is another man's lust."

2007

1h 55m

5.9(89 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Thriller

Overview

A TV weather girl is torn between an older man, a famous married author whom she loves but who won't leave his wife, and a semi-deranged young heir to an industrial fortune who loves her.

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France 2 Cinéma

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Ludivine Sagnier

Ludivine Sagnier

Gabrielle Deneige

Benoît Magimel

Benoît Magimel

Paul Andre Claude Gaudens

François Berléand

François Berléand

Charles Denis, dit Saint-Denis

Mathilda May

Mathilda May

Capucine Jamet

Caroline Silhol

Caroline Silhol

Geneviève Gaudens

Marie Bunel

Marie Bunel

Marie Deneige

Valéria Cavalli

Valéria Cavalli

Dona Saint-Denis

Etienne Chicot

Etienne Chicot

Denis Deneige

Édouard Baer

Édouard Baer

Self

Jean-Marie Winling

Jean-Marie Winling

Gérard Briançon

Creative team

Directed by: Claude Chabrol
Written by: Claude Chabrol
Cécile Maistre-Chabrol
Produced by: Patrick Godeau

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