Queer|Art|Film Club: Julie Tolentino Presents BEAU TRAVAIL from night lab movie Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 33 min 45 sec ✓ Published: 22-Jul-2021
Description: BEAU TRAVAILn1999. 92 min. Directed by Claire DenisnnClaire Denis created BEAU TRAVAIL (1999) in response to a request by the French government to develop a film on the subject of “being foreign.” Set in Djibouti, Africa, the film follows soldiers in the French Foreign Legion, and is loosely based on Herman Melville’s 1888 Billy Bud. BEAU TRAVAIL is a movie that marries alterity and difference, tracking the crumbling self-worth of an experienced military leader on one of his last tours. Re
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