The French director adapts Bernard-Marie Koltès’s ‘Black Battles with Dogs’ into a desert standoff between a foreman (Matt Dillon) and a local man (Isaach de Bankolé) demanding his brother’s body. What might have worked on stage plays out on screen as a repetitive duel that drains rather than deepens the conflict.
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‘The Fence’ San Sebastian Review: Claire Denis’s Uneven Return to Africa
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San Sebastián 2025: crítica de «The Fence» («Le Cri des Gardes»), de Claire Denis (Competición oficial)
La realizadora francesa adapta la obra «Black Battles with Dogs» de Bernard-Marie Koltès y la transforma en un duelo desértico entre un capataz (Matt Dillon) y un hombre local (Isaach de Bankolé) que exige el cuerpo de su hermano fallecido en misteriosas circunstancias.
