Bruno, a communist newspaper journalist, is suffering a mid-life crisis. Torn between his wife Gaëlle and his young girlfriend Nathalie, his political beliefs battered by the wind of history, Bruno seems to have lost his bearings.
Acting
Auteuil's crumbling dignity and Scott Thomas's devastating stillness.
Writing
Bonitzer's dialogue: every sentence a small wound.
Direction
Restrained framing that traps characters in their own choices.
Director
Pascal Bonitzer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bonitzer adapts his own novel, continuing the French tradition of male auteurs dissecting male failure with uncomfortable precision.
The title 'Small Cuts' refers to both minor injuries and film editing; Bonitzer originally trained as an editor with Rivette.
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