The Intruder

Simultaneously gripping and obscure, Claire Denis' most challenging film to date is a fascinating exploration of one man's heart of darkness — one that's traded in for a stranger's and a second chance at a life. Aging and reclusive, Louis Trebor (Nouvelle Vague stalwart Michel Subor) lives alone in the bucolic Jura Mountains on the French-Swiss border. Refusing to have much to do with his son, Sidney (Gregoire Colin), who lives outside of Geneva with his wife (Florence Loiret-Calle), a border guard, and their infant son, Louis spends most of his days cycling along through the hills, swimming nude in the clear lake on his property and tending to his two dogs; his only...