Dir. Jane Campion, 2003, USA/Australia/Rest of the world, 113 mins
Cast:
Meg Ryan, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kevin Bacon, Mark Ruffalo
Based on Susanna Moore's bestselling novel (and adapted for the screen jointly by Moore and Campion), In the Cut combines modern urban love story and detective thriller into a taughtly plotted, intelligent whole. Frannie Avery (Ryan) is an NYU English teacher, drawn out of her self contained, cerebral world when she witnesses an illicit sexual act in a local East Village bar. When the woman she glimpsed is found dead, Frannie is questioned by investigating homicide detective Molloy (Ruffalo). Despite her apparent detachment, she is fascinated by Molloy, and begins a passionate and intensely erotic liaison with him. By the time a second murder occurs, Frannie begins to wonder if the man she's falling in love with might be more dangerous than she had thought.
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