Beau Travail

Based On the book by Herman Melville

Beau Travail (pronounced [bo tʁa.vaj], French for "good job" or "nice work") is a 1999 French arthouse psychological drama film directed by Claire Denis, who co-wrote the screenplay alongside Jean-Pol Fargeau as an adaptation of the novella Billy Budd by Herman Melville. Starring Denis Lavant, Michel Subor and Grégoire Colin. An almost dialogue-free movie, it follows the story of a section of French Foreign Legion soldiers training in the desert of Djibouti. Parts of the film's soundtrack are taken from Benjamin Britten's 1951 opera based on Melville's novella.

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Release date:

September 4, 1999

Director:

Claire Denis

Cast:

Bernardo Montet, Dan Herzberg, Denis Lavant, Grégoire Colin, Michel Subor

Genre:

Drama, LGBTQ-related

Country:

France

Language:

Italian

Year page:

1999 in adaptations