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A Girl Cut in Two (2007)

A Girl Cut in Two poster
Original title
La Fille coupée en deux
Directed by
Claude Chabrol
Genre
drama film, comedy film, comedy thriller
Country
Germany, France
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 87 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A naive young woman gets involved with two wealthy men. One uses her and discards her, while the other marries her but turns out to be dangerously unstable.

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What happens

A Girl Cut in Two (French: La Fille coupée en deux) is a 2007 black comedy film co-written and directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Ludivine Sagnier, Benoît Magimel and François Berléand. It tells the story of a naïve and affectionate girl who has disastrous relationships with two rich and influential men. One uses her as a sex object and abandons her, while the second marries her but proves lethally unbalanced. The film was released in France on 8 August 2007, and received a limited theatrical release in the United States on 15 August 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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