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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Claire Denis (writer)
Jean-Pol Fargeau (writer)
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Release Date:
3 May 2000 (France) more
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This film focuses on an ex-Foreign Legion officer as he recalls his once glorious life, leading troops in Africa. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
5 wins & 8 nominations more
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(6 articles)
Decade in Review: 2000 Top Ten
(From FilmExperience. 5 November 2009, 1:07 PM, PST)
400 Screens, 400 Blows - 'Rum' Diary
(From Cinematical. 25 October 2009, 7:03 AM, PDT)
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Masterful, beautifully shot elegy for the warrior ethos more (60 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Denis Lavant | ... | Galoup |
| Michel Subor | ... | Commander Bruno Forestier |
| Grégoire Colin | ... | Gilles Sentain |
| Richard Courcet | ... | Legionnaire |
| Nicolas Duvauchelle | ... | Legionnaire |
| Adiatou Massudi | ... | Legionnaire |
| Mickael Ravovski | ... | Legionnaire |
| Dan Herzberg | ... | Legionnaire |
| Giuseppe Molino | ... | Legionnaire |
| Gianfranco Poddighe | ... | Legionnaire |
| Marc Veh | ... | Legionnaire |
| Thong Duy Nguyen | ... | Legionnaire |
| Jean-Yves Vivet | ... | Legionnaire |
| Bernardo Montet | ... | Legionnaire |
| Dimitri Tsiapkinis | ... | Legionnaire |
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Good Work (Europe: English title)
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Runtime:
Argentina:92 min | Australia:90 min | Italy:90 min | UK:93 min | USA:90 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | France:U | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Hong Kong:III | Iceland:L
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Commander Bruno Forestier: If it weren't for fornication and blood, we wouldn't be here. more
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Version of "General Motors Presents: Billy Budd" (1955) more
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_Beau travail_ gives proof that French cinema can still produce masterpieces. This adaptation of Melville focuses on Vere rather than Billy and on a ritualistic masculine life that has lost its function and degenerated into sterile rivalry. It shows the subtle triumph of the female principle in this harsh environment without ever striking a discordant ideological note. The cinematography displaying the men against the desert is breathtaking, and the rhythm of the narrative sequences builds tension with a brilliant economy of means. Even the French is beautifully written. The best French film I've seen in years (and I've seen quite a few).