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Beau Travail

Movie
2000
1h 33m
R
French
Drama
User Score: 
7.2
Critic Score: 
89
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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.
Beau Travail Poster

Beau Travail

R
Movie
2000
1h 33m
French
Drama
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.
Rating
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7.2
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CRITIC SCORE
89

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Directed By: Claire Denis
Written By: Jean-Pol Fargeau (Screenplay), Claire Denis (Screenplay), + 1 more

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Jordyep says...
2 years ago
Slow, pretentious crap, in the time honoured french tradition. 9/10
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siggi963 says...
2 months ago
Very artistic and troubling movie that is for my test mostly a bit too alternative. Though, if you have the patience, it is well worth the time.
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Jay Shuai says...
2 years ago
Slow, pretentious crap, in the time honoured french tradition. 2/10
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smallclone says...
7 years ago
Claire Denis manages to capture a dream like ethereal quality to this film. It's quite odd but at the same time strangely alluring, contemplative and intriguing. There's not much structure to it and we see lots of different stages of a man's life both in the foreign legion and out of it. Denis Lavant, as well as having some amazing dance moves, is brilliant in the lead role as a jealous sargeant who has his leadership qualities tested. It's not a straightforward film, more a character study but a worthwhile one. The final 30 mins was especially beautiful.
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CinemaSerf
2 years ago
Denis Lavant is good in this powerfully delivered reminiscence of soldier "Galoup". Having previously been stationed with his French regiment in Djibouti, director Claire Denis now takes us on a gently paced but effective retrospective as he revisits his time there where his life of discipline and r More
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