Once again Chabrol asks his audience for a lot of faith, patience and tolerance, in this underwhelmingly banal tale of privileged people screwing up each others' lives.

A crafty exploration of unequal relationships that builds suspense around sexual secrets. Chabrol uses this device incredibly well, refusing to shy away from the harsh results for his central characters, while at the same time deftly altering our perceptions of characters throughout the film.

Reminded me a lot of Match Point, but I much prefer Allen's sombre tone over Chabrol's more satirical, conflicted one. I don't think it entirely succeeds as either a comedy or a thriller. It's not particularly intense, and I didn't really find this as darkly funny as it seems to think it is. Still, Chabrol is definitely a master filmmaker, and the cast is great at breathing life into these blandish, bourgeois characters.

If you don't understand the bdsm references or if you don't think through the character's actions in context of D/s relationships then a lot of what happens doesn't make much sense, and even if you do know about D/s then the film still seems silly and - in how it shies away from exploring its most interesting elements - rather boring. It doesn't help that the film looks tacky.

A masterpiece of Chabrol's later period, this study of a passionate and honest young woman making her way through a minefield of puritanism, perversion and the merciless imperatives of class is restrained and compelling. As is customary with Chabrol, all this leads to violence, but the violence is a natural extension of character and circumstances, never an excuse for melodrama. Sagnier's performance is subtle and haunting, and Berleand strikes the right note as the aging novelist.

good. the bdsm angle someone posted on imdb is interesting, and quite obvious in retrospect. in general the film is well-made and acted, but it did feel a little slight.

"One of those Chabrol productions perched awkwardly between thriller and comedy." - Ed Gonzalez

Chabrol has still got it. Actually The Girl Cut in Two is at the very least as awesome as any of his old classics. A yarn sensational, extravagant yet marvelously spun.

La fille coupée en deux: 8 // 9 // 8 // 7 // 8 // 8 // 8

the most beautiful girl yet the most moronic girl i have ever seen.

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