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Beau Travail (2000)
Director: Claire Denis
Cast: Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Richard Courcet
7.3
87%Runtime93 min
Rating15
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Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind.
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Claire Denis' visually stunning, poetic film about the French Foreign Legion has a contemplative, almost dance-like quality that should resonate with fans of the dreamlike aesthetics and character-driven narratives in Wings of Desire.
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Beau Travail is a 1999 French arthouse psychological drama film directed by Claire Denis, who co-wrote the screenplay alongside Jean-Pol Fargeau as an adaptation of the novella Billy Budd by Herman Melville. Starring Denis Lavant, Michel Subor and Grégoire Colin. An almost dialogue-free movie, it follows the story of a section of French Foreign Legion soldiers training in the desert of Djibouti. Parts of the film's soundtrack are taken from Benjamin Britten's 1951 opera based on Melville's novella. It received widespread critical acclaim with special attention towards its direction, acting, cinematography, soundtrack and handling of its themes. It is considered one of the best French movies and best movies directed by a female director, having been ranked 7th best movie of all time by Sight and Sound.
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