Tag Archives: Ludivine Sagnier

Film review | The Devil’s Double – Standing in a psychopath’s shoes… and wearing his clothes too

Posted on 12 August 2011 by Jason Best

Dominic Cooper delivers a mesmerising dual performance in The Devil’s Double, a gaudy, gory thriller inspired by the intertwined lives of Saddam Hussein’s psychopathic eldest son and the man who became his body double. As Saddam’s playboy son Uday, he’s … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Mesrine (Parts 1 & 2) – Audacious French crook steals the show

Posted on 2 February 2010 by Jason Best

Mesrine: Killer Instinct  and Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1, the gripping two-part crime biopic of notorious French crook Jacques Mesrine, were released separately, three weeks apart, in UK cinemas last summer, but their appearance on a two-disc DVD offers the … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | The Girl Cut in Two

Posted on 7 September 2009 by Jason Best

Dig beneath the surface of veteran French director Claude Chabrol’s droll crime thriller The Girl Cut in Two (La fille coupée en deux) lurks a dark modern-day fairy tale about innocence and corruption, power and illusion. In present-day Lyons, Ludivine … Continue reading →

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The Best view | The Girl Cut in Two – Claude Chabrol’s chaste film about perversion

Posted on 22 May 2009 by Jason Best

At the age of 78, French director Claude Chabrol is still going strong – so strong, in fact, that UK cinema distribution can’t keep up with his prolific work rate: his 70th film, the Gérard Depardieu-starring crime thriller Bellamy, premiered … Continue reading →

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