Alex Descas, Bambou, Beatrice Dalle

Louis Trebor, a robust and mysterious loner, lives alone in an isolated woodland compound on the French-Swiss border in the Jura Mountains. An enigmatic figure and emotionally distant father, he has l...( read more  read more... )ittle contact with his grown up son, Sidney -- who lives near Geneva with his wife, a Swiss border guard and young family -- seemingly preferring the company of his dogs. Trebor's emotional contact is seemingly limited to an affair with a local pharmacist and a wordless attraction to a beautiful and equally aloof dog breeder. An ailing heart forces Trebor to leave his snow-covered wilderness to visit a bank vault in Geneva in order to withdraw enough cash for a new heart on the black market. Shadowed by a mysterious, unnamed Russian woman, Trebor recovers from a clandestine transplant operation, and travels to the bustling markets and shipyards of Pusan in Korea. Here he agrees to buy a boat and starts on a voyage south, slowly threading his way back to his former home on a remote island near Tahiti, where he searches for the lost son he fathered years before. He is uncertain of the welcome he will receive after all these years.

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G, 2 hrs. 10 min.

Directed by: Claire Denis

Release Date: December 23, 2005

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DVD Release Date: April 25, 2006

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  • October 2, 2009
    One of the most formally and aesthetically audacious films of this decade.
  • August 17, 2009
    Aug 09 - I don't see the point. The narration, acting and disorganization left me bored.
  • March 21, 2008
    I did not really like this movie.
  • January 30, 2007
    This is the most unbelieveable film i've seen in 2006. When i think about this film it is hard for me to distinguish my own subjective perceptions and it's poetic movie images.

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April 7, 2006
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

While it may take a few viewings to sort the details out, much about L'Intrus lingers, shimmering quietly in the memory. full review

December 22, 2005
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

The Intruder ... is exhilarating and exhausting, the kind of picture you don't bounce back from immediately. full review

December 6, 2005
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Invisible emotional and psychological tendons are the ties that keep the film from completely dispersing into non-sequential incoherence. full review

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