Beau Travail

3.00
    Beau Travail
    2000

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Denis LavantGaloup
    • Michel SuborCommander Bruno Forestier
    • Grégoire ColinGilles Sentain
    • Richard CourcetLegionnaire
    • Nicolas DuvauchelleLegionnaire
    • Adiatou MassudiLegionnaire
    • Mickael RavovskiLegionnaire
    • Dan HerzbergLegionnaire
    • Giuseppe MolinoLegionnaire
    • Gianfranco PoddigheLegionnaire

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Rolling Stone

      Unique and unforgettable.
    • 100

      San Francisco Examiner

      Elegant.
    • 100

      Chicago Tribune

      You may not like Beau Travail - which is, after all, a quintessential "critic's film" - but I think you'll have to admit it's been almost perfectly executed.
    • 100

      The New York Times

      A film that has the sweep and esthetic power of a full-length ballet.
    • 100

      San Francisco Chronicle

      Riveting.
    • 90

      Film.com

      A lovely piece of work.
    • 89

      Austin Chronicle

      A stunning work of beauty, mystery, contemplation, and grit -- and like sands through the desert hourglass, these are the days of our lives.
    • 80

      Los Angeles Times

      A ruggedly beautiful landscape of desert and sea provides a dramatic setting for a psychological drama told with the utmost rigor--and unabashed eroticism.

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