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Beau Travail (2000)

"Maybe freedom begins with remorse."

7.1/10 1h 33m May 03, 2000
Drama

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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Movie Details

Original Title Beau Travail
Original Language FR
Status Released
Popularity 1.0

Cast

Denis Lavant
Denis Lavant
Galoup
Popularity: 0.8
Michel Subor
Michel Subor
Commander Bruno Forestier
Popularity: 0.9
Grégoire Colin
Grégoire Colin
Gilles Sentain
Popularity: 0.6
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Richard Courcet
Legionnaire
Popularity: 0.1
Nicolas Duvauchelle
Nicolas Duvauchelle
Legionnaire
Popularity: 6.4
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Adiatou Massudi
Legionnaire
Popularity: 0.0
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Mickael Ravovski
Legionnaire
Popularity: 0.0
Dan Herzberg
Dan Herzberg
Legionnaire
Popularity: 0.9
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Giuseppe Molino
Legionnaire
Popularity: 0.0
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Gianfranco Poddighe
Legionnaire
Popularity: 0.0
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Marc Veh
Legionnaire
Popularity: 0.1
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Thong Duy Nguyen
Legionnaire
Popularity: 0.0

Key Crew

Director Claire Denis
Screenplay Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau
Producer Patrick Grandperret, Jérôme Minet
Editor Nelly Quettier

Production

La Sept-Arte
FR
S.M. Films
Pathé Télévision
FR

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'Beau Travail' Q&A with Cinematographer Agnès Godard
'Beau Travail' Q&A with Cinematographer Agnès Godard
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Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10
May 8, 2023

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 r ... Read more

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Details
Release Date May 3, 2000
Runtime 1h 33m
Language FR
Status Released
Popularity 1.0
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