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Spoiler-free premise
Louis Trebor, a man nearing 70, lives alone with dogs in the forest near the French-Swiss border.
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Aging loner Louis Trebor lives with dogs near the French-Swiss border, estranged from his adult son and involved in shadowy transactions. Seeking a heart transplant, he travels through Geneva, Korea, and the South Pacific toward another possible son.
Why it belongs
Claire Denis makes a man's body and borders equally opaque through dogs, snow, ocean, money, dream, and Béatrice Dalle's watchful intrusions.
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Denis deploys elliptical editing, fractured geography, grounded sound, and Michel Subor's opaque physical presence to connect a failing body with borders, ownership, memory, and the unsettling traffic between Europe and the wider world.
Major award wins
No verified wins in this six-institution crosswalk.
Awards are reference metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
Good for
Film Club
Descriptive guidance derived from rating, genre, runtime, mood, and GCML scores.
Institutional reference ranks
Sight & Sound243IMDb Top 250—AFI 100—
Reference metadata only · not part of the 40/40/20 score
Great Cinema Master List scores
Greatness8.8
Engagement6.5
Ease4.0
French · Not Rated Narrative Feature Mood: Challenging & Demanding
