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BEAU TRAVAIL (CLAIRE DENIS, 1999)

Eastwood Performing Arts Center · Ages 18+ · 93 mins

About the Show

BEAU TRAVAIL

Enjoy a short curated pre-show before the film.

 

With her ravishingly sensual take on Herman Melville’s Billy Budd, Sailor, Claire Denis firmly established herself as one of the great visual tone poets of our time. Amid the azure waters and sunbaked desert landscapes of Djibouti, a French Foreign Legion sergeant (Denis Lavant) sows the seeds of his own ruin as his obsession with a striking young recruit (Grégoire Colin) plays out to the thunderous, operatic strains of Benjamin Britten. Denis and cinematographer Agnès Godard fold military and masculine codes of honor, colonialism’s legacy, destructive jealousy, and repressed desire into shimmering, hypnotic images that ultimately explode in one of the most startling and unforgettable endings in all of modern cinema.

 

 

Secure Paid Parking is available at 5301 Sierra Vista Ave.

 

The Fine Print:
Tickets are valid only for the listed film, date, and showtime. All sales are final—no refunds or exchanges unless the event is canceled or rescheduled.

 

Management reserves the right to deny entry or remove disruptive guests—this includes phone use, texting, talking, or anything else that ruins the experience for others.

 

No outside food or drinks allowed into the theater.