BEAU TRAVAIL

SIGHT & SOUND 100 | #6 

CLAIRE DENIS | FRANCE | 1999 | 93 MIN | NR | GREEK, FRENCH, ITALIAN, RUSSIAN 

During his recollection of days leading soldiers in Djibouti, the haze of nostalgia begins to erode when a repressed former Foreign Legion officer pivots to his contentious relationship with a bright young recruit in Claire Denis’ triumph.

Cast: Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin

Part of the Philadelphia Film Society’s FILM ESSENTIALS series.

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