#7. 35 SHOTS of RUM
Anyone who knows the Claire Denis’ filmography would most certainly know the faces of Alex Descas and Gregoire Colin (featured in the pic above). Descas’ work with Denis dates back to 1990’s S’en fout la mort, and the facially gifted Colin might have had more to work with in Nénette et Boni (1996), Beau Travail (1999) and L’intrus (2004), but in the handful of scenes we do find him in for 35 Rhums, Colin makes his presence known by simply working with a character that doesn’t have much of an elaborate back-story. In his fifth Claire Denis film, you could describe his subtle character as a mystery man and though at some point he does indeed get rid of a carcass – it’s far from what one might think. Descas delicately plays a man headed into the unknown of retirement – in typical Denis fashion.
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