Beau Travail

Maybe freedom begins with remorse.

Sinopse

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.

7.1
2000
Released
1h 33m

Status

Released

Original Language

Keywords

#dance
#based on novel or book
#foreign legion
#woman director
#masculinity
#power play
#djibouti
#gay theme

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Reviews

@Geronimo1967over 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 routine gradually becomes compromised as he takes a bit of a shine to the newly arrived, confident an