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FRANCE · 1999
Beau travail
Synopsis
Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind.
Cinematic DNA
I watched this film about eight years ago and it completely blew me away. It was a time when I was really struggling, trying to find my voice and my filmmaking style, and this film really showed me how cinema can be. It’s very sensory and poetic. I didn’t know you could make a film like this. It gave me a lot of confidence and inspiration. Especially with The Rider and Nomadland, I was very much thinking about her use of light and landscape.
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woman director · foreign legion · djibouti · gay theme · power play
