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Beau travail

Beau travail

1999Movie⏱️ 1h 32mUnrated
DramaWar
7.3
IMDB Rating
17,731 votes

An ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his once-glorious life of leading troops in Djibouti.

Director
Claire Denis
Writers
Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau, Herman Melville
Stars
Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin
Release Date
May 3, 2000
Language
French, Italian, Russian, Greek
Country
France, Belarus, Belgium, Cyprus, Italy
🏆 6
Wins
🎯 12
Nominations
💬 113
Reviews
📋 38.3K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Denis Lavant
Denis Lavant
as Galoup
Michel Subor
Michel Subor
as Commander Bruno Forestier
Grégoire Colin
Grégoire Colin
as Gilles Sentain
Richard Courcet
Richard Courcet
as Legionnaire
Nicolas Duvauchelle
Nicolas Duvauchelle
as Legionnaire
👤
Adiatou Massudi
as Legionnaire
👤
Mickael Rakovski
as Legionnaire
Dan Herzberg
Dan Herzberg
as Legionnaire
👤
Giuseppe Molino
as Legionnaire
👤
Gianfranco Poddighe
as Legionnaire

💰 Box Office

$4,745
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1
Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
Filming Location
Obock, Djibouti
Production
La Sept-Arte, Pathé Télévision, S.M. Films

🏷️ Keywords

military traininglegionnairedisciplinemilitary disciplinefrench foreign legion

🎯 Categories

FrenchDramaWar

⭐ Featured Review

a confrontation
by Kirpianuscus2023-07-29

"The confrontation between. Galoup and Sentain is the axis of this film about a mithological Foreign Legion, enveild in trainings, ordinary activities, a shower scene and fun in club, a story of love, with some bitter tones, a confession about antipaty of a superior against a legionary, few beautiful poetic scenes . And , sure, well performance of. Denis Lavant, proposing a fair portrait of deep loneliness, frustrations, envy, routine. In strange manner, the realism is basic virtue of this very slow film , a realism discovered , maybe, especialy by people out of army. A poem about mainhood, ..."

💡 Did You Know?

The dance scene was shot in a single take.

📖 Synopsis

An ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his once-glorious life of leading troops in Djibouti.