Beau Travail

Claire Denis, France, 1999o

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Foreign Legion officer, Galoup, recalls his once glorious life, leading troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, but the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind. He feels compelled to stop him from coming to the attention of the commandant who he admires, but who ignores him. Ultimately, his jealousy leads to the destruction of both Sentain and himself.

La force des films de Claire Denis repose en grande partie sur le désir presque palpable de la réalisatrice pour tout ce qu'elle filme.

Yann Gonzalez

Un film militaire transformé en ballet suspendu entre abstraction et incarnation, désir et rivalité ? Beau Travail est surtout un film singulier et magnifique de Claire Denis.

Serge Kaganski

Si Beau Travail est si beau, c'est que le plus calmement du monde il touche du doigt ce qui nous travaille, nous fissure (l'obsession, la mémoire, la mort annoncée) et lentement nous désagrège.

Jean-Marc Lalanne

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Movie Datao

Other titles
Der Fremdenlegionär DE
Genre
Drama
Running time
92 Min.
Original language
Without Dialog
Ratings
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Cast & Crewo

Denis LavantGaloup
Michel SuborCommander Bruno Forestier
Grégoire ColinGilles Sentain
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