The Sentinel
Golden Days: The Films of Arnaud Desplechin
March 11 - 17, 2016
A young medical student discovers a shriveled, severed head in his luggage, plunging him into a Kafka-esque mystery that touches on the lingering legacy of the Cold War. Desplechin’s feature debut is an absorbing, offbeat thriller set in the shadowy world of international espionage. An NYFF30 selection.
Desplechin’s feature debut is an absorbing, offbeat thriller set in the shadowy world of international espionage. Recently arrived in Paris from Germany, a young medical student (Emmanuel Salinger) makes a grisly discovery in his luggage: the shriveled, severed head of an unknown man. This shocking surprise plunges him into a Kafka-esque mystery as he embarks on an obsessive quest to determine the man’s identity. Channeling the paranoid, conspiracy-laden tone of the films of French New Wave titan Jacques Rivette, La sentinelle is a provocative, intricately constructed exploration of the traumas of post–World War II Europe and the lingering legacy of the Cold War. An NYFF30 selection. New digital restoration courtesy of Why Not Productions.
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