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The Intruder
L' Intrus [INTRU] France, 2004, 130 min, Color , 35mm Directed By: Claire Denis PROD: Humbert Balsan SCR: Claire Denis, Jean Pol Fargeau CAM: Agnès Godard ED: Nelly Quettier MUS: S.A. Staples CAST: Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Katia Golubeva, Bambou, Florence Loiret |
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For the inaugural public screening at the Vancity Theatre in the Vancouver International Film Centre, we are pleased to present the Vancouver premiere of Claire Denis' evanescent pipe dream The Intruder, an unforgettably sumptuous meditation on longing, solitude and adventure that dissolves the boundaries between waking life and the imagination. "Claire Denis has had one of the bravest careers in modern cinema, always beginning where most directors end and working her way into uncharted territory. With The Intruder, she ventures into territory that is not only uncharted but hitherto unknown. Inspired by philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy's short autobiographical reflection on his heart transplant and built around the eloquently brooding presence of Michel Subor (Beau Travail), Denis doesn't so much tell the story of Subor's Louis as she feels and hacks her way around its contours and tunnels into its core. This is a film about longing on the deepest level imaginable for a son on the other side of the world and for a life that is always elsewhere. As Denis follows Louis from the French Alps to Geneva to Pusan to Polynesia in search of the child who has grown up without him, she maintains an extremely delicate if not precarious balance between presence and absence: the sheer presence of the physical world, of mountains, lakes, forests, beaches and oceans; and the absence of completeness, the feeling that for Louis, wholeness will always be a continent away. Shot, as always, by the great Agnès Godard. The flashback scenes are drawn from Paul Gégauff's unfinished 1961 adaptation of Stevenson's Ebb-Tide." Kent Jones Chocolat (88), I Can't Sleep (94), Nénette et Boni (96), Beau Travail (99), Friday Night (02) |
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