Project Detail

Small Cuts (Petites Coupures)

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 film
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

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Production Status

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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