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In the Cut (2003)

★ 5.1 · 456 ratings on TMDB

Everything you know about desire is dead wrong.

In the Cut poster★ 5.1

A New York City writing professor, Frannie Avery, has an affair with a police detective who is investigating the murder of a beautiful young woman in her neighborhood.

DirectorJane Campion
CastAllison Nega, Dominick Aries, Heather Litteer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mark Ruffalo, Meg Ryan
GenresDrama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
The emergence reading

In the Cut keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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