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Les salauds

Claire Denis / FR, DE, 2013 / 100 min.

Intense, claustrophobic drama about a family in crisis. After the death of a family member, a perverted businessman who lives nearby is viewed as the guilty party. However, more secrets surface during this revenge film full of lost clues.

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Les salauds, which – in line with title – is full of bastards, only reveals itself ever so slightly. Claire Denis circles her characters, the victims of sexual exploitation, manipulation, class differences and greed. There are plenty of pieces to this puzzle – Chekhov lovers will note the pistol on the mantelpiece – however, the audience never knows more than the lead, the vengeful mariner Marco, discovers as the film progresses.

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This movie contains scenes showing explicit sexThis movie contains foul languagePersons under 16 years must be accompanied by an adult

Director

Claire Denis

Production year

2013

Country

FR, DE

Original title

Les salauds

Length

100 min.

Language

French

Subtitles

ENG

Format

DCP

Part of

Claire Denis

Eye screens an extensive retrospective of the work of one of France’s most important filmmakers: Claire Denis. In her films, Claire Denis probes the consequences of colonialism and the feeling of being an outsider, devoting particular attention to family tensions, sensuality, desire and the body. The programme features new restorations of her films, with Chocolat (4K) and Beau travail (4K) appearing on the big screen in the Netherlands for the first time.

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Farah Hasanbegović, one of Eye's Programmers of the Future, collaborated on the retrospective of the controversial French filmmaker Claire Denis. In our Magazine, Farah gives their view on a number of characteristic features of Denis' oeuvre. On desires colliding with reality and wading through the Rio Grande to make a point.

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