The Intruder (2004 film)
| L'intrus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Claire Denis |
| Produced by | Humbert Balsan |
| Written by |
Claire Denis Jean-Pol Fargeau |
| Starring |
Michel Subor Béatrice Dalle Alex Descas |
| Music by | Stuart A. Staples |
| Cinematography | Agnès Godard |
| Edited by | Nelly Quettier |
Release date |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
| Language | French |
L'intrus (English: The Intruder) is a feature film written and directed by Claire Denis, based upon the autobiographical essay by philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy. The film premiered in the official competition at the 2004 Venice Film Festival.
Plot
Louis Trebor (Michel Subor), an ex-mercenary living in the Jura Mountains, is increasingly suffering from a heart condition. He abandons his home, his beloved dogs, and his estranged son (Grégoire Colin) in pursuit of a black market heart transplant in Korea before traveling to Tahiti, where he spent time in his youth, in hopes of reconnecting with a son he's never met.
Cast
- Michel Subor as Louis Trebor
- Grégoire Colin as Sidney
- Katia Golubeva as The young Russian lady
- Béatrice Dalle as Queen of the Northern Hemisphere
- Florence Loiret Caille as Antoinette
- Alex Descas as The Priest
- Bambou as The Pharmacist
- Lolita Chammah as The Wild Woman
Reception
The film placed at No. 77 of best films of the 2000s, by Slant Magazine.[1]
Notes
- ↑ "Best of the Aughts: Film". Slant Magazine. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
References
- Dooley, Kath. "Foreign Bodies, Community and Trauma in the Films of Claire Denis: Beau Travail (1999), 35 Rhums (2008) and White Material (2009)." Screening the Past (2013). Accessed May 25, 2017.
- Morrey, Douglas. "Open Wounds: Body and Image in Jean-Luc Nancy and Claire Denis." Film-Philosophy 12, no. 1 (2008): 10–30. ISSN 1466-4615
- Nayman, Adam. "Best of the Decade #7: L′Intrus: Second Helpings." Reverse Shot (December 25, 2009). Museum of the Moving Image. Accessed June 4, 2017.
- Smith, Damon. "L’Intrus: An Interview with Claire Denis." Senses of Cinema 35 (2005). Accessed May 25, 2017.
- Sweeney, R. Emmet. "The Hither Side of Solutions. Bodies and Landscape in L’intrus." Senses of Cinema (2005), no. 36. Accessed May 25, 2017.
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