Beau travail

DVD 2020

Amid the azure waters and sunbaked desert landscapes of Djibouti, a French Foreign Legion sergeant sows the seeds of his ruin as his obsession with a striking young recruit plays out to the thunderous, operatic strains of Benjamin Britten.

Item Details & Discovery

Explore Topics & Themes:

France. Armée. Légion étrangère Drama

Garrisons Djibouti History

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 Film adaptations

Soldiers Djibouti Drama

Soldiers France Drama

More in this Genre:

Drama Feature films Film adaptations Foreign films Motion pictues, French Motion pictures Video recordings

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 1042

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ISBN:

9781681437569

Description:

1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (folded : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
digital
optical
stereo Dolby
videodisc
NTSC
video file
DVD video region 1
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

SFCB: PG

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1999
Based on Melville's "Billy Budd, Sailor."
Wide screen
Special features: New conversation between Denis and Barry Jenkins; new selected scene commentaries with Godard; new interviews with Lavant and Colin; new video essay by Judith Mayne; essay by Girish Shambu
Region 1 NTSC, widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby stereo; color
Title from disc surface
Gregoire Colin, Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Richard Courcet, Nicolas Duvauchelle
DVD
French dialogue; English subtitles

LCCN:

be2020018488

Control Number:

3006767

UPC:

715515251112

Other Authors:

Colin, Grégoire, actor
Courcet, Richard, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Denis, Claire, 1946- film director, screenwriter
Duvauchelle, Nicolas, actor
Fargeau, Jean-Pol, screenwriter
Lavant, Denis, 1961- actor
Mayne, Judith, video essayist
Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd
Shambu, Girish, 1963- essayist

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