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aesthetically sumptuous and contemplative. it worked for me like some sort of erotic hypnosis based on dance, moviment and mistery. great use of music too. my first Claire Denis movie of many to come. Beau Travail is gonna survive in my imaginary for a long time.

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James

9Jan12

A film full of rhythm, movement, music and dance, a film like no other yet when you watch it feels so familiar, unbelievable

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Douglas

1Dec11

Bro Travail

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Aquieu

26Oct11

Strangely hypnotic. Plus that off-kilter ending reminded me a lot of the ending for 'Syndromes and a Century'...

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Aquieu

18Nov11

This film has grown on me even more..

Jack Lehtonen

26Oct11

The list of greater films in very, very short. Denis sensual images here are among the most powerful in cinema. Perhaps the greatest study (though none of her films can be called a "study", only "Claire Denis films") of the male group ever made. The ending is perhaps the most ecstatic sequence in cinema, a release, a rapturous expression of freedom.

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Logan Grant

28Oct11

Love this film. I really need to see more of Denis's work.

Elliot Kern

21Oct11

Rarely do you see a film that so beautifully objectifies the male body

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Ben

30Jun11

Best film I've seen by Denis thus far. Unforgettable, especially the final scene.

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ILoveCourtneyHate

22May11

I'm just going to throw away all my MUBI-cred right now and admit that i was bored to death, though there were moments of intrigue like the training sequences, the absolutely meandering pace (which doesn't work as this does not skillfully leave space for character or plot, even emotional, development - it just drags) and total absence of any emotional engagement whatsoever left me completely cold.

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ILoveCourtneyHate

22May11

Though i am open to suggestions why i am wrong. What am i missing here?
Joks

4Aug11

i thought it was boring as hell too. maybe if Sokurov directed it.................;-)
Risselada

6Oct11

I am not a big fan of Sokurov and probably would have liked it less if he directed it. I did like it quite a bit however. I'm pondering it and will be discussing it with some other folks on the Syndromes and a Cinema Podcast for our next show.
Bleu Poster

11Oct11

-1 credit
ILoveCourtneyHate

11Oct11

I accept the point deduction :') I re-watched it and still couldn't dig it. However, I may also add that I have since enjoyed her Friday Night and The Intruder, so...

John Sandwich

10May11

Belle trouvaille.

Jimmy B.

29Apr11

THIS IS THE RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT

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Bleu Poster

8Apr11

What did I see of strobing lights, of shimmering Bab-el-Mandeb from nowhere, legionnaires half naked stretching in field of sand, all those images?

Acephalous

20Feb11

Awesomely captures unrequited love and jealousy. Ending is... damn near perfect.

Zachary W

26Dec10

Possibly the last film one would expect to end with a full tilt dance sequence. Just one more reason (of many) that "Beau travail" remains one of the supreme achievements of contemporary French cinema.

Miasma

13Dec10

Very pretty but characteristic of Denis, the meaning remains elusive and the process is accentuated.

Nuno Ferreira

19Nov10

Such an intimate look at human beings environment ! Overwhelmed by this film, Claire Denis worked with filmmakers such as Wim Wenders and Jim Jarmush, that must have been quite a learning on how to express her deep and complex feelings in cinema; This is not so easy as it seems on the screen. Enough said, i love this film.

Valu2009

27Jul10

Powerful, erotic, poetic and slightly surreal. Another nice piece of french cinema (but I prefer Trouble Every Day).

Jose Sarmiento Hinojosa

10Apr10

The final dance scene has to be one of the best closings in contemporary cinema. Along with Trouble Every Day and L' Intrus, my favorite Denis so far.

Angelo Dagonel

29Mar10

Still can't get over that beautiful, beautiful ending.

Kenrick Block

24Mar10

This film is a one of a kind. The ending knocks me out cold! Brilliant! All hail Claire Denis.

Kurt Walker

25Dec09

this would make a nice double bill with Zack Snyder's "300" yeah, masterpiece.

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Yuki Aditya

21Dec09

Maybe there are no other films that spurt out the word "Testosterone" than this film. Denise mixing her sense of poetic, music, and the daily live of French Legion in Djibouti into a beautiful rythmical editing. The scene where Denis Lavant dances ecstatically in the end of the movie justify a great comparison in his previous role in an interesting movie by Leos Carax, titled Les Amants du Pont-Neuf.

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eric

11Nov11

I think after a long stint maintaining an uber-masculine facade out in the desert, Denis Lavant's break-out dance at a French disco is his character's way of letting off steam. Beau Travail is a gem.

Robert W Peabody III

13Nov09

Beau travail (1999) DIR Claire Denis SCR Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau, Herman Melville DP Agnès Godard 90 Min well choreographed tonal poem not to be confused with anything Herman Melville would have done