Beau Travail Film Review
Beau travailis the most accomplished of all denis films including chocolat i cant sleep and nenette and boni.
Beau travail film review. Not an easy film to watch because it often goes back and forth from past to present. But visually the film is gorgeous. The director knows where to frame her landscapes and how to frame her actors.
Review by joe palagonia pro. From beau geste to the battle of algiers the french foreign legion has enacted on screen a strange and furtive imperial adventure simultaneously upholding what remains of france. Claire deniss djibouti set beau travail defies expectations.
Joe palagonias review published on letterboxd. The review aggregator website metacritic gave the film a score of 91100 based on 20 reviews which they characterized as universal acclaim 8 rotten tomatoes another aggregator reports an 85 approval rating based on 39 reviews with a weighted average of 78310. It is ruminative and mysterious yet quite specific and immediately gratifying.
Claire denis consistently breaks the boundaries of conventional filmmaking without resorting to pretension. Diane carson kdhx st. Jesus christ one of the most breathtaking movies ive ever seen.
Louis september 10 2020. Beau travail hailed by some critics as the best film of 1999 cant be bothered with such niceties. Beau travail finds the rhythm of life and dances away the pain claire deniss film about legionnaires ends with a fearless thrilling dance by denis lavant but thats not its only.
Beau travail galoup is merely a rotten byproduct of a dehumanizing military apparatus but by films end he finally learns to let out some steam. Watched nov 13 2020. Beau travail 1999.