Beau Travail

Beau Travail

Thu
18
Thu 18 Sep 7:00 PM

Arc Cinema
Allocated Seating
92 Mins
September
Thu 18 Sep

1999DCPFRA |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 


September
Thu 18 Sep

Arc Cinema

1 McCoy Circuit Acton, Australian Capital Territory, 2601