
When Fannie offers her father to cut his hair, he accepts. Alain knows that his daughter will do it carefully and thoroughly, as usual. But an outside incident change their plans and confront the precariousness of this shared moment. The cut tells the story of a father and a daughter, between proximity and detachment, for the moment of an haircut.... (Full plot summary below)
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When Fannie offers her father to cut his hair, he accepts. Alain knows that his daughter will do it carefully and thoroughly, as usual. But an outside incident change their plans and confront the precariousness of this shared moment. The cut tells the story of a father and a daughter, between proximity and detachment, for the moment of an haircut.
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| Film-Forward.comNora Lee MandelBombardment of images resonates from Holocaust films. . .Powerful travelogue visuals almost overwhelm the enormity of Armenian genocide and the cross-continental diaspora. |
| New York Magazine/VultureBilge EbiriThe Cut is a haunting movie, but there are times when one wonders whether Akin should go more for the emotional jugular, rub our faces in the monstrosity he's depicting. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenA road-and-buddy movie Middle Eastern style wherein director Fatih Rahim falls short of reaching epic status. |
| New York TimesNicolas RapoldToo many scenes feel routine or clichéd, sometimes even those depicting extreme experiences. |
| Seanax.comSean AxmakerHe's a man traversing the frontier and isolated pockets of humanity (not always welcoming) to find the promised land of family, and Akin and cinematographer Rainer Klausmann find astounding backdrops for his odyssey... |
| DCistPat PaduaAn effective and old-fashioned weeper about a volatile time for the Armenian people. |
| Slant MagazineElise NakhnikianThe film is suffused with feeling and studded with memorable moments, but it sometimes feels frustratingly overlong or episodic. |
| Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiThis depiction could be seen as an allegory of the millions who have been displaced by the Syrian war and continue to fight for their survival as refugees. |
| Chicago ReaderJ. R. JonesAkin has mischievously called the movie a western, and his wide-screen photography gives a sweeping sense of the vast distances separating the hero from his girls. |
| Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniDespite its visual beauty and Rahim's extraordinary, and silent, performance, the film never quite manages to connect on an emotional level. |