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Beau Travail

2000 · 93 min

A hypnotic, sensuous study of jealousy and repressed desire, told through ritual and physicality, leaving a lingering ache.

Directed by
Claire Denis
Genres
Drama
Starring
Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin
Tagline
Maybe freedom begins with remorse.
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.

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Directed by
Claire Denis
Genres
Drama
Starring
Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • identity
  • isolation
  • power
  • guilt
Places
  • military
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
Jean-Pol Fargeau, Claire Denis
Starring
Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Richard Courcet, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Adiatou Massudi, Mickael Ravovski, Dan Herzberg
Music
Eran Zur, Charles Henri de Pierrefeu
Cinematography
Agnès Godard
Runtime
93 min
Country
France
Languages
French, Italian, Russian, Turkish

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