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Beau Travail is a french film of genre Drama directed by Claire Denis released in USA on 21 january 2000 with Denis Lavant
Beau Travail (2000)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 21 january 2000
Length 1h32
Directed by Claire Denis
OriginFrance
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Rating72%
Beau Travail ([bo tʁa.vaj], French for "good work") is a 1999 French movie directed by Claire Denis that is loosely based on Herman Melville's 1888 novella Billy Budd. The movie is set in Djibouti, where the protagonists are soldiers in the French Foreign Legion. Parts of the soundtrack of the movie are from Benjamin Britten's opera based on the novella.
Synopsis
The film begins with the silhouettes of soldiers, being made to stand in the sun as an endurance test. It is the memory of master sergeant Galoup (Denis Lavant), from his new home in Marseille, where he writes his memoirs. He remembers the heat of north Africa, where he led his men under the command of Bruno Forestier (Michel Subor). We see numerous training scenes: assault courses; and securing of buildings. Much of the exercise has a ballet-like quality. This is set against a back-drop of traditional Djibouti life of the surrounding local people. Galoup says of Forestier:I admired him without knowing why. He retains a wristband with the word Bruno.Actors
Denis Lavant
(Galoup)
Michel Subor
(Commander Bruno Forestier)
Grégoire Colin
(Gilles Sentain)
Richard Courcet
(Legionnaire)
Nicolas Duvauchelle
(Legionnaire)
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