Beau Travail
Beau Travail
“ Maybe freedom begins with remorse. ”
CINEMA2000-05-03
DIGITAL2022-09-01
RegionFR
Runtime93 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Claire Denis reshapes military cinema through bodies, discipline, and desire, creating one of the most distinctive works by a woman director.”
Storyline
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.
DIRECTOR / Director
Claire Denis
KEYWORDS
dancebased on novel or bookforeign legionwoman directormasculinitypower playdjiboutigay theme
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