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Beau Travail
MEANRANK
77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1036
- IMDb #1608
- Rotten Tomatoes #1506
- Metacritic #327
- Letterboxd #361
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1390
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2068
- Metacritic Critics #161
- Metacritic Audience #1269
- Kinopoisk #3507
- AlloCiné #2482
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 67, highest is Metacritic critics on 91. Critics average 89, everyone else 74.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind.
Details
- Director
- Claire Denis
- Writers
- Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau
- Studio
- La Sept-Arte, S.M. Films, Tanaïs Com
- Released
- 3 May 2000
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rated
- NR
- Awards
- 3 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 4 →1 major award won · 3 wins from 4 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| César Award 2001 | Best Cinematography | Agnès Godard | Winner |
| Chlotrudis Award 2001 | Best Cinematography | Agnès Godard | Winner |
| 13th European Film Awards 2000 | Best Cinematographer | Agnès Godard | Nominee |
| National Society of Film Critics Award 2000 | Best Cinematography | Agnès Godard | Winner |
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| Best Cinematography | Agnès Godard | Winner |
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