
Beau Travail
Thu
18
Thu 18 Sep 7:00 PM
Arc Cinema
Allocated Seating
92 Mins
September
1999| DCP | FRA | D: Claire Denis
French, English subtitles
Sergeant Galout maintains order and control over his French Foreign Legion troops at a remote Djibouti outpost, until a handsome recruit arrives.
Based on Herman Melville’s Billy Budd, Sailor Claire Denis’ impressionistic and homoerotic film focuses on the movement of muscular bodies against the harsh desert backdrop.
‘…the visually spellbinding cinematic equivalent of a military ballet in which the legionnaires' rigorous drills and training rituals are depicted as ecstatic rites of purification, the embodiment of an impenetrable masculine mystique before which the director stands in awe.’ – The New York Times
French, English subtitles
Sergeant Galout maintains order and control over his French Foreign Legion troops at a remote Djibouti outpost, until a handsome recruit arrives.
Based on Herman Melville’s Billy Budd, Sailor Claire Denis’ impressionistic and homoerotic film focuses on the movement of muscular bodies against the harsh desert backdrop.
‘…the visually spellbinding cinematic equivalent of a military ballet in which the legionnaires' rigorous drills and training rituals are depicted as ecstatic rites of purification, the embodiment of an impenetrable masculine mystique before which the director stands in awe.’ – The New York Times
September