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
  • 2004 (2004)
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.[1] 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

Reception

The film placed at No. 77 of best films of the 2000s, by Slant Magazine.[2] It was also chosen as one of the best films of the decade (2000-2009) by TIFF Cinematheque.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Nancy, Jean-Luc (2000). L'intrus. Galilée. ISBN 2718605391.
  2. ↑ "Best of the Aughts: Film". Slant Magazine. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  3. ↑ "TIFF Cinematheque's Best of the Decade (2000-2009)". Retrieved October 7, 2017.

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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