In the Cut in 35mm

Jane Campion’s gritty erotic thriller stars Meg Ryan as Frannie Avery, a seemingly apathetic writer and English teacher who finds solace in her daydream of language and literature. At a bar near her apartment, Frannie accidentally witnesses a sexual encounter between a woman and a man whose face she cannot recall. The woman is later found dismembered, spurring a visit from a detective who quickly becomes Frannie’s infatuation. Paralleling the desolate ambience of the urban landscape is Frannie’s facade, until her suppressed emotions trigger outbursts that may lead her straight into the path of a serial killer of women.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.

2003 | 119 min. | USA | Color | English | Rated R | 35mm

DIRECTED BY: Jane Campion 

WRITTEN BY: Jane Campion, Susanna Moore 

WITH: Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kevin Bacon