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  • 2005
  • Unrated
  • Wellspring Media
  • 2 h 10 m
  • 2005
  • Unrated
  • Wellspring Media
  • 2 h 10 m

Summary A mysterious and enthralling story about fresh starts and the possibility of escape, both a tale of inner and outer traveling. The film follows the global travels of an enigmatic 68-year-old man (Subor) who goes looking for a long-lost son and a new organ to replace his ailing heart. (Wellspring)

Directed By: Claire Denis

Written By: Jean-Pol Fargeau, Jean-Luc Nancy, Claire Denis

  • 2005
  • Unrated
  • Wellspring Media
  • 2 h 10 m
  • 2005
  • Unrated
  • Wellspring Media
  • 2 h 10 m
The Intruder
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Summary A mysterious and enthralling story about fresh starts and the possibility of escape, both a tale of inner and outer traveling. The film follows the global travels of an enigmatic 68-year-old man (Subor) who goes looking for a long-lost son and a new organ to replace his ailing heart. (Wellspring)

Directed By: Claire Denis

Written By: Jean-Pol Fargeau, Jean-Luc Nancy, Claire Denis

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 13 Critic Reviews
85
92% Positive
12 Reviews
0% Mixed
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8% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 13 Critic Reviews
85
92% Positive
12 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review

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100
The texture and intensity of the odyssey makes it spellbinding.
By Sean Axmaker FULL REVIEW
100
For Denis’ film - which may be her most intricately constructed and intensely beautiful to date - is one that transcends words and stories, a movie to be felt rather than rationalized.
By Scott Foundas FULL REVIEW
100
The Intruder, is a decisive breakthrough--her (Claire Denis) most poetic and primal film to date, as thrilling as it is initially baffling.
By Dennis Lim FULL REVIEW
80
Exhilarating and exhausting, the kind of picture you don't bounce back from immediately. Yet its elusiveness is the very source of its poetic energy.
By Stephanie Zacharek FULL REVIEW
80
The best way to enjoy The Intruder is to surrender to its poetry without demanding cut-and-dried explanations.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
75
The title might as well refer to the viewer who tags along on Louis' often-silent journey from solitude to some tentative form of family. Some will consider the experience insurmountably frustrating; others will find it exhilarating.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
30
Surrealism is one thing, but The Intruder appears so ill defined and random that it ends up looking simply inept.
By Ray Bennett FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Ognon Pictures, Arte France Cinéma, Conseil Régional de Franche-Comté, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Pusan Film Commission
Release Date Dec 23, 2005
Duration 2 h 10 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards

Venice Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Ghent International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Chlotrudis Awards
• 1 Nomination

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