{"id":41645,"date":"2026-01-19T18:16:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/?film=the-fence"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:19:15","slug":"the-fence","status":"publish","type":"film","link":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/festival\/program\/2026\/film\/the-fence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At a large construction site in West Africa, Horn (Matt Dillon) and Cal (Tom Blyth) oversee operations while living inside the compound, sealed off behind double security fences reserved for White workers. On the evening of Horn\u2019s wife Leonie\u2019s arrival (Mia McKenna-Bruce), Alboury (Isaach de Bankol\u00e9) arrives at the gates, demanding the body of his brother, a labourer who died on the site earlier that day. The film is adapted from Bernard-Marie Kolt\u00e8s\u2019s 1979 play <em>Black Battles with Dogs<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>From 17.03, a Claire Denis retrospective at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinematheque.ch\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swiss Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que<\/a>, in her presence.<\/p>\n<p> The Fence Le Cri des gardes Le Cri des gardes Claire Denis Suzanne Lindon Andrew Livack Claire Denis        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-41645","film","type-film","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/film\/41645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/film"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/film"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}