Beau Travail (1999) is a hypnotic, sensual masterpiece from visionary director Claire Denis, loosely based on Herman Melville's Billy Budd, about a French Foreign Legion sergeant in Djibouti whose excessive jealousy of a new recruit threatens to consume him.
Come for the themes of toxic masculinity, repressed desire and colonialism, and stay for the unlimited popcorn and mint tea. Our final film in our TOXIC WORKPLACES series at Chicago Art Raffle.
