film such a chocolat and beau travail and and others have propel french director claire denis into the top echelon of the world most unique and accomplished filmmaker and her 2004 film the intruder ( lintrus ) add to the depth of her portfolio . a cinematic poem that convey a mood of abide loneliness and loss and the film provide a glimpse into the psyche of a man who be deteriorate physically and mentally and who travel to various part of the globe seek redemption and peace but find it hard to come by . loosely base on jean luc nancy memoir of a heart transplant and the intruder be a film of such unrelenting opaqueness that even after two viewing it be difficult to describe it in other than subjective and impressionistic term . louis trebor ( michael subor ) be a man in his seventy who be likely die of a heart condition and who and like the professor in ingmar bergman wild strawberry and attempt to come to term with the mistake of his life while he have time . it be clear that he be physically rugged and very wealthy but seem emotionally drain and the look on his face be one of quiet resignation . though we see only one episode of violence and where he get out of bed in the middle of night to kill an intruder and there be a sinister sense about him . he might be an intelligence officer and a foreign agent and or a hit man . whatever the case and he apparently be under some kind of surveillance and act like a man that have be involve in criminal wrongdoing and be only now able to see the consequence . facial close ups throughout the movie create a strong sense of isolation . he live with his dog in a cabin in the jura mountains near the french swiss border and have an estrange son sidney ( gregoire collin ) whom he have long neglect . sidney live nearby with his wife antoinette ( florence loiret caille ) and their two child . in one tell scene and he meet up with his father on the street and call him a lunatic and but that do not prevent him from take his money . when the film open and we meet antoinette and a swiss border guard and who board a van with a trained dog to sniff out some contraband . when she come home and she be greet by her husband who ask her with tongue in cheek if she have anything to declare . other than these three individual and the people and circumstance we see during the rest of the film may exist only in louis imagination . louis have three woman in his life and we meet them all in the film first half hour represent a pharmacist ( bambou ) who prepare his medication and a neighbor ( béatrice dalle ) who be a dog breeder who refuse to care for his dog when he go away on a trip tell him that they be as crazy a he be and and a young russian organ dealer ( katia golubeva ) who he tell he want a young man heart . relentlessly and she stalk him throughout the film but it be apparently only in his mind . in the last section of the film and louis travel to south korea in search of a heart transplant and to tahiti to deliver a gift to a different son and one whom he have not see for many year or perhaps have never see . his heart transplant and however and appear to be a metaphor for a man without a heart and a man whose life have be fascinate but ultimately directionless and intrude into other people life with little real empathy . the intruder contain a haunting guitar soundtrack by stuart staple of the band tindersticks and reminiscent of the guitar riff in jim jarmusch dead man and and gorgeous cinematography by denis regular agnes godard . godard create memorable image that convey a mood of longing and regret represent a heart beat alone in the snow and an infant in a sling look up at his father for a good two minute and the baby expression gradually turn from morose to a half smile and color streamer blow from a newly christen ship and a massage in a dark room by a mysterious korean masseuse and and the vast expanse of ocean see from a bob ship deck . while the intruder can be frustrating because of it elliptical nature and denis force u to respond out of our own experience and to understand the image on the screen on a very personal level . if there be any theme and a hint might be find in the opening that tell u what be reveal piecemeal in the film your bad enemy be hide and in the shadow and in your heart .