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Beau Travail Blu-ray

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Release Year: 1999

Runtime: 93 min

Director: Claire Denis

Cast: Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Richard Courcet, Nicolas Duvauchelle

Studios: La Sept-Arte, S.M. Films, Tanaïs Com

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.

Special Features:

New 4K digital restoration

Supervised by director of photography Agnès Godard and approved by director Claire Denis, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack

Conversation between Denis and filmmaker Barry Jenkins

New conversation between Denis and filmmaker Barry Jenkins

New selected-scene commentary with Godard

New selected-scene commentary with Godard

Interviews

New interviews with actors Denis Lavant and Grégoire Colin

Video essay by film scholar Judith Mayne

New video essay by film scholar Judith Mayne

PLUS: An essay by critic Girish Shambu