Beau Travail

May 3, 2000

1h 33m

★ 7.1

Maybe freedom begins with remorse.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

La Sept-Arte

S.M. Films

Tanaïs Com

Beau Travail Trailers

Cast

Galoup

Denis Lavant

Commander Bruno Forestier

Michel Subor

Gilles Sentain

Grégoire Colin

Legionnaire

Richard Courcet

Legionnaire

Nicolas Duvauchelle

Legionnaire

Adiatou Massudi

Legionnaire

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Legionnaire

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Legionnaire

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Legionnaire

Gianfranco Poddighe

Legionnaire

Marc Veh

Legionnaire

Thong Duy Nguyen

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