What Is The Theme Of The Film 'Cut !'

The movie begins with a police officer seeing a car wreck. He goes to the scene to find nobody is hurt. While questioning the people, everyone is bickering with each other. The bickering stops when an outside voice says, "Cut!" We learn that the scene is just a scene on a movie set. In the middle of the director's speech, the stage doors open. The six people, or the Characters, are looking for an author that will tell their tale. The Characters includes the Father, the Widow, the Oldest Daughter, the Oldest Son, the Youngest Daughter, and the Youngest Son. The Characters begins to act out their story, but the director and his people are wondering if the Characters are pulling a trick on them. The crying Widow faints; and the Father, the Eldest Daughter, and the Widow share a story about two husbands and the Widow's past. The director, who still unsure about all of this, allows the Characters to act out their story. …show more content…
He tells about how he saw the Widow and his secretary having a secret affair and was pregnant with the Oldest Son. Because of that, the Father gave the baby away to a foster mother and allowed the Widow to be with the secretary. The performance takes a turn when the Oldest Daughter insinuates that the Father was stalking her since she was a child. Since all the Characters grew up, they cannot reenact that scene. The story jumps to Widow working as a seamstress for Madame. Madame wants the Oldest Daughter to be a prostitute, but the Father arrives and takes the Widow and the Oldest Daughter home with