Beau Travail 1999 M
When
7.45 pm, Fri 7 Feb 2020 (92 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
About
Claire Denis’ mesmerising masterpiece drifts through the remembrances of a French foreign legion officer as he recalls his days training with a battalion of soldiers on the desert sands of Dijbouti. The film viscerally captures the blood and perspiration sapped out of the soldiers’ bodies as they train on the dry terrain, while the Gulf of Aden extends out beyond the horizon.
M | Adult themes, Medium level coarse language
Production Credits
- Director: Claire Denis
- Script: Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau
- Based on: the novella 'Billy Budd' by Herman Melville
- Cinematographer: Agnès Godard
- Editor: Nelly Quettier
- Print Source: Lagardère Studios
- Rights: Janus Films
- Year: 1999
- Runtime: 92 minutes
- Country: France
- Languages: French, Italian, Russian
- Subtitles: English
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: 35mm