Beau Travail is a 1999 French film directed by Claire Denis, loosely adapting Herman Melville's novella Billy Budd and set among French Foreign Legion soldiers training in Djibouti. The story follows an officer named Galoup whose obsessive resentment of a charismatic young recruit, Sentain, drives him to sabotage the recruit's career and unravels his own. Built around Denis's choreography-like visual style and the soldiers' physical training routines rather than conventional dialogue, the film has been widely praised for its treatment of desire, discipline and power, and it placed seventh in the 2022 Sight and Sound critics poll.
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Original Language AwardChlotrudis Award for Best Cinematography 2 AwardCésar Award for Best Cinematography 2 AwardNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography 2 Release Year In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: France, originated there.
- Also in Language Atlas: French, original language there.
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1. Beau Travail - Wikipedia
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is a 1999 French arthouse psychological drama film directed by Claire Denis
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Beau Travail, Description, original language
Beau Travail is a 1999 French film directed by Claire Denis, loosely adapting Herman Melville's novella Billy Budd and set among French Foreign Legion soldiers training in Djibouti.
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Wikidata P166: Chlotrudis Award for Best Cinematography
Wikidata P166 (award received): Chlotrudis Award for Best Cinematography.
Wikidata P166: César Award for Best Cinematography
Wikidata P166 (award received): César Award for Best Cinematography.
Wikidata P166: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography
Wikidata P166 (award received): National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography.
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