Beau Travail

Set in the eerily beautiful African desert and featuring an eclectic soundtrack boasting music by Neil Young and Benjamin Britten, Beau Travail is Denis' extraordinarily beautiful adaptation of Herman Melville's Billy Budd, exploring the exclusively masculine world of the near-mythical French Foreign Legion. “One of the most spellbinding films I have ever seen" THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

Availability

• A DVD of this title is available to hire
• The print of this title is from the National Archive

Cast and Crew

Director

Claire Denis

Technical information

Certificate

Cert 15

Language

French with English subtitles

Country

France

Year

1998

Colour

Running time

90 mins