Project Detail

Small Cuts (Petites Coupures)

Name: Small Cuts (Petites Coupures)
Director: Pascal Bonitzer
Genre: Drama
Released: 2004
Duration: 95 mins

Synopsis

Petite Coupures tells the story of Bruno (Daniel Auteuil), a communist newspaper journalist suffering a mid-life crisis. Torn between his wife Gaelle (Emmanuelle 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.

Details

Year: 2004
Type of project: Features
Running time: 95 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Pascal Bonitzer
Producer: Pierre Wallon
Executive Producer: Pierre Wallon
Editor: Suzanne Koch
Screenwriter: Pascal Bonitzer
Director of Photography: William Lubtchansky
Sound: Frédéric Ullmann
Composer: John Scott
Principal cast: Daniel Auteuil, Pascale Bussiéres, Ludivine Sagnier, Kristin Scott-Thomas

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Axiom Films Limited

12 D'Arblay Street
London
W1V 3FP
UK

T+44 (0)20 7287 7720

mail@axiomfilms.co.uk

Sales Company

Flach Pyramide International

5 rue Chevalier de St George
75008 Paris
France

T +33 1 42 96 02 20

www.flach-pyramide.com

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