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Beau Travail is a French drama film directed by Claire Denis, who also wrote the screenplay. The production was handled by Pathé, La Sept-Arte, S.M. Films, and Tanaïs Com. The cast includes Denis Lavant, Grégoire Colin, Michel Subor, and Nicolas Duvauchelle. Agnès Godard served as the director of photography. The film was filmed in Djibouti and features narrative settings in France, Marseille, and Djibouti. It explores themes of love, jealousy, and the Foreign Legion.
The film was released in 1999, with subsequent dates in 2000 and 2001. It runs for approximately 92 to 93 minutes. Beau Travail has received the César Award for Best Cinematography and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography. It was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer. The movie holds review scores of 85%, 7.8/10, 91/100, and 7.3/10. It is available on video on demand through providers such as HBO Max, Amazon Channel, and Criterion Channel.
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7.1Foreign 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.
Cast
- 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
Themes
- dance
- based on novel or book
- foreign legion
- woman director
- masculinity
- power play
- djibouti
- gay theme
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 13th European Film Awards
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- Russian
- Based on
- Billy Budd, Sailor
- Main subject
- Foreign Legion
- Director
- Claire Denis
- Cinematographer
- Agnès Godard
- Narrative location
- Djibouti
- Filming location
- Djibouti
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 446830
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- FFLegion.JPEG
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- publication date
- 2001-04-05
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Cinematographer
- title
- Beau Travail
- described by source
- Women Make Film
- review score
- 7.3/10
- after a work by
- Herman Melville
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