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Beau Travail
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Billy Budd Meets Nemesis in the Desert
In 'Beau Travail'/'Good Work' (1999), French director Claire Denis' film inspired by Herman Melville's 'Billy Budd', we are never quite sure why officer Galoup harbors such a disdain for new legionnaire Gilles Sentain, only that he does. In this remote French Foreign Legion outpost in Djibouti, in... Read full review »
Not Good Work.
There was a review in one of the papers that claimed Beau Travail was like watching a ballet in the desert. I would elaborate and say that it was like watching a calistenic warm-up in the desert. Usually ballets have a point, or a story. When ballet becomes dance just for ballet's sake, then that's... Read full review »
Billy Budd Returns
Though most of the world got to see ?Beau Travail? last year, it has just reared its head here in the Bay Area. And it was worth waiting for. This adaptation of Herman Melville?s ?Billy Budd? by filmmaker Claire Denis is nothing short of a masterpiece.
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Product Details and Features
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| Stars | Gregoire Colin | |
| Actors | Marta Tafesse Kassa | |
| Available Formats | VHS: Widescreen | |
| Directors | Claire Denis | |
| UPC | 717119750237 | |
| Genre | Foreign Films | |
| Subgenre | Based On A Novel • Soldiers • Drama (General) • French | |
| MPAA Rating | Unrated | |
| Release Date | 1999 | |
| Running Time | 1hr 30min | |
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| Original Language | French | |
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| Screenwriter | Claire Denis | |
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| (03/31/2000, p.E27, Stephen Holden): "...Visually spellbinding....A film that has the sweep and aesthetic power of a full-length ballet..." | ||
Quotes from the Movie |
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| "Maybe freedom begins with remorse. I heard that somewhere."--Sergeant Galoup (Denis Lavant) | ||
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