Fresh
As much poem as film. It requires patience, which it rewards at every languid turn.
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News
Beau Travail
Maybe freedom begins with remorse.
2000 · 1h 33m · Unrated
Drama
Directed by
Claire Denis
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Beau Travail
Overview
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 and cast
- Claire Denis Director
- Denis Lavant as Galoup
- Michel Subor as Commander Bruno Forestier
- Grégoire Colin as Gilles Sentain
- Richard Courcet as Legionnaire
- Nicolas Duvauchelle as Legionnaire
- Adiatou Massudi as Legionnaire
- Mickael Ravovski as Legionnaire
- Dan Herzberg as Legionnaire
- Giuseppe Molino as Legionnaire
- Gianfranco Poddighe as Legionnaire
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A masterpiece.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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