L’INTRUS
THE INTRUDER |
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Director:
Claire Denis
Screenplay:
Claire Denis & Jean-Paul Fargeau, based on the novel
by Jean-Luc Nancy
Cast:
Louis: Michel Subor
Sidney: Grégoire Colin
Young Russian woman: Katia Golubeva
The Pharmacist: Bambou
Queen of the Northern Hemisphere: Béatrice Dalle
Running time: 130’
Production: France, 2004
Rating: Not rated
Gauge: 35mm, DVD (color)
Distributor:
Wellspring Media
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“An
immersion in pure cinema! Beautiful and terrifying in
their intensity, the images will make you gasp.”
Stephen Holden, The New York Times |
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Louis Trebor,
a mysterious loner, lives in an isolated cabin in the woods
on the French-Swiss border. An enigmatic figure and an emotionally
distant father who seems to prefer the company of his dogs,
Louis has little contact with his grown son Sidney. Louis’
contacts seem limited to an affair with a local pharmacist
and an unspoken attraction to a beautiful, aloof dog breeder.
An ailing heart forces Louis to leave his snow-covered wilderness
to retrieve money in a bank vault in Geneva to purchase a
new heart on the black market. After recovering from transplant
surgery in Asia, Louis discovers he is being shadowed by a
mysterious, unnamed Russian woman. He begins a boat voyage
south, slowly making his way back to his former home on a
remote island near Tahiti. The Intruder is a mysterious and
enthralling story about fresh starts and the possibility of
escape, a tale of both inner and outer travels. Like all of
Claire Denis’ films, it explores the literal and metaphorical
borders where natives and intruders intersect, searching for
signs of home within and beyond the barriers of countries,
cultures, and families.
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