Beau Travail
- Director: Claire Denis
- Writer: Claire Denis; Jean-Pol Fargeau
- Producer: Patrick Grandperret; Jérôme Minet
CGiii Comment
Billy Budd gets reworked and splattered with a feminine eye for homo-eroticism but, without any further fruitful insight.
After all, this is a woman commenting on a male institution which immediately screams MISTAKE.
Devoid of depth - it is so dismally dreary that keeping one's eyes open until the end is more grueling than a brief stint in the legion itself.
Good music, good cinematography - and, a spectacularly bad ending.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
This film focuses on ex-Foreign Legion officer, Galoup, as he recalls his once glorious life, leading troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, but the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind. He feels compelled to stop him from coming to the attention of the commandant who he admires, but who ignores him. Ultimately, his jealousy leads to the destruction of both Sentain and himself.
Cast & Characters
Denis Lavant as Galoup;
Michel Subor as Commander Bruno Forestier;
Gregoire 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;
Marc Veh as Legionnaire;
Thong Duy Nguyen as Legionnaire;
Jean-Yves Vivet as Legionnaire;
Bernardo Montet as Legionnaire;
Dimitri Tsiapkinis as Legionnaire