Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- harrowing
- melancholic
- visually expansive
- serious historical viewing
- arthouse film night
What critics said
Critics found the film ambitious, visually arresting, and intermittently emotionally piercing, but felt it did not fully transcend its material.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Nazaret travels from Mardin through Mesopotamia and onward to America while pursuing clues about his daughters.
The journey moves through vast Mesopotamian deserts and other expansive locations that dwarf Nazaret’s solitary search.
The plot centers on an Armenian man deported during the 1915 genocide who loses his family, speech, and faith.
Nazaret’s central objective is to determine whether his daughters survived and find them across the diaspora.
Films like The Cut, and why
The Promise
historical drama about genocide, forced displacement, survival, and a determined search across continents
The Pianist
emotionally intense historical epic centered on persecution, endurance, and diaspora
Quo Vadis, Aida?
visually expansive period drama tracing a survivor’s journey through violence, displacement, and moral devastation
Incendies
humanistic historical drama about family separation, migration, and endurance amid political catastrophe
Movie Details
- Director
- Fatih Akin
- Release Date
- 2014-10-16
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (108)
Cast
- Tahar Rahim
- Simon Abkarian
- Makram J. Khoury
- Hindi Zahra
- Kevork Malikyan
- Bartu Küçükçağlayan
- Zein Fakhoury
- Dina Fakhoury
- Trine Dyrholm
- Arsinée Khanjian
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Strand Releasing Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Cut about?
- A silenced Armenian survivor crosses deserts and oceans to reclaim his family from the ruins of genocide.
- What is The Cut like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Cut as measured, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Cut violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Cut as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Cut?
- Critics found the film ambitious, visually arresting, and intermittently emotionally piercing, but felt it did not fully transcend its material.
- Which films are like The Cut?
- Films with a similar feel include The Promise, The Pianist, Quo Vadis, Aida?, and Incendies.
- How long is The Cut?
- The Cut runs 138 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Cut?
- In United States, The Cut streams on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel.
