Good Work (Beau Travail)
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Synopsis
An ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his once-glorious life of leading troops in Djibouti.
Cast
- Denis Lavant
- Michel Subor
- Grégoire Colin
- Richard Courcet
- Nicolas Duvauchelle
- Adiatou Massudi
- Mickael Ravovski
- Dan Herzberg
- Giuseppe Molino
- Gianfranco Poddighe
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- Sep 6, 2020
you keep waiting for something to happen and then realize it’s been happening the whole time
Wyatt FairFeb 12, 2013Denis poeticizes the potentially reductive. Through her lens, it is colonialism that seems tribal and primitive to watching natives, and sexual repression rather than inhibition that corrodes the mind. The hard flesh of soldiers becomes part of the landscape, eroding their…
Jake ColeOct 15, 2022this is the rhythm of the night
Karsten - Aug 16, 2017
A beautiful, sad and thoughtful exploration of masculinity, ego, regret, and of jealousy so deep-rooted that it can destroy lives. Its almost entirely plotless, has hardly any dialogue and is slowly paced; everything is so magnificently understated and subdued to great,…
Dirk DigglerJul 25, 2018Women are incredebly good at depicting masculinity while men are terribly bad at depicting femininity, and even men's image of masculinity is almost always "cowboys" like images that is extremely boring and therefore is usually sexist. Claire Denis in her turn depicts and…
Inherently VicedJul 26, 2018Claire Denis loosely and beautifully blends Melville's navy court-martial/mutiny novella and her own childhood as the daughter of a French civil servant in colonized West Africa into a strange and sensual non-linear post-colonial ballet of repressed desire, austere…
Josh Lewis - Mar 8, 2021
When the dudes are rockin but there’s a hater in the midst.
ComradeDanDec 8, 2019😳 When ur crushing on a guy so much that you abuse your position of power to commit sadomasochistic acts of cruelty towards him because your attraction to him is a threat to the dominant masculinity that is expected of you as a military officer in the colonial machine 😳
maddyNov 5, 2020google dot com how reach thru screen to touch movie
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- Jaye likedBeau Travail
One of the most visually stunning films I’ve ever seen. Even at the climax of the movie, the scenes were filmed to give the illusion that everything was just fine. I can see how that fit the tone of the film, but I think it prevented me from being invested in the characters.
Rory lovedBeau Travailsaw this with Jus at the barbican outdoor cine. A very gorgeous film. Fav bits: when the gorgeous group were doing yoga stretches in the sun, the final dancing scene, and the club scene of the Djibouti girls
nevan lovedBeau Travaila melodramatic, masterful film that channels powerful and elegant visuals as well as euphoric musical moments to create a wildly unique and human experience. emotional and engrossing, a special piece
- Charlie lovedBeau Travail
a head on collision of film, song, and dance, all fused together to create a sensory masterpiece
Milan Ray is "meh" onBeau TravailCinematographly and musically fine but the rest of them not that much -CepS.
lucy lovedBeau Travailinstant pick for best music scenes in movies of all time
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liina likedBeau Travailbeautiful and quiet
Luca Tosti likedBeau Travail8/10
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Metacritic
So minimalist in characterization and dialogue that the plot all but evaporates -- and so does any dramatic power.
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post
Unique and unforgettable.
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
Elegant.
Wesley Morris
San Francisco Examiner
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