A Girl Cut in Two

A Girl Cut in Two

★ 5.9IMDb Score
Released:2007-08-08
Duration:115 min
Director:Claude Chabrol
Actors:Ludivine Sagnier, Benoît Magimel, François Berléand, Mathilda May, Caroline Silhol
Production:Integral Film, Alicéléo, France 2 Cinéma, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma

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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