Petites Coupures

Synopsis

Starring Kristen Scott Thomas and Daniel Auteuil, and selected for Competition at Berlin Film Festival, PETITES COUPURES (SMALL CUTS) tells the story of Bruno, a communist newspaper journalist suffering a mid-life crisis.

Torn between his wife Gaëlle (Emmanuel Devos) and his young girlfriend Nathalie (Ludivine Sagnier), his political beliefs battered by the wind of history, Bruno seems to have lost his bearings. After responding to a call for help from his uncle (Jean Yanne), who is fighting a losing battle for re-election as the communist mayor of a small town near Grenoble, Bruno gets lost in a dark forest.

There he meets Béatrice (Kristin Scott Thomas), who does nothing to stop him getting even more lost...

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Reviews

"Kristin Scott Thomas once again proves herself an enjoyably haughty comedienne"

CHRIS DARKE, FILM COMMENT

"A sophisticated diversion"

TREVOR JOHNSTON, TIME OUT

"Scott Thomas shines as the haughtily enigmatic and seductive Beatrice"

TOM DAWSON, WHAT'S ON

"Scott Thomas is in the form of her life here...It is a remarkable gift to bring violent passion and glacial elegance to the same scene, and she makes a difficult part seem believable"

JASON SOLOMONS, THE TIMES

"Enjoyable and well played all round"

PHILIP FRENCH, THE OBSERVER