A Girl Cut in Two

A Girl Cut in Two French La Fille coupe en deux is a 2007 French drama and thriller film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Ludivine Sagnier, Franois Berland, and Benot Magimel. The film was released in France on August 8, 2007 and a limited release in the United States beginning on August 15, 2008.

At the TV station, after the weathercast, her boss, Phillipe, asks her to a party with him that night to meet some people. He has her find an appropriate dress in wardrobe. At the party, theyre sitting at a table when a young man comes up to tell his boss Phillipe that another employee, Emilie, is drunk. Phillipe tells the young man to leave her alone, as hes about to fire her in five minutes. Then Phillipe turns to tell Gabrielle something, but she excuses herself. She goes over to the bar and asks for champagne, and Paul shows up. He leads her to the dance floor where he tells her that her boss is charming. Gabrielle realizes that Paul arranged for her to be invited to the party, and she excuses herself and leaves, starting to walk home because shed come to the party in Phillipes car.Paul and his friend and caretaker? Frank follow Gabrielle out, and Paul gets increasingly insistent with her until he is actually physically restraining her with a hand on her throat. Frank drags him away from her, but Gabrielle is shaken by Pauls boorish behavior, and the viewer grows more aware of undercurrents with this character that do not bode well for the future. The scene cuts to Charles listening to music he calls himself an idiot. Then we see a shot of Gabrielles mother tucking her safely into bed like a little girl. ........

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