Denis Lavant, Gr?goire Colin, Gregoire Colin
In the east African enclave of Djibouti, the men of a small French Foreign Legion outpost spend their days practicing military drills, exercising and baking in the desert sun. Barely older than his so...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 15, 2002
Stats: 131 reviews
Not an easy film to watch because it often goes back and forth from past to present. But visually, the film is gorgeous. The director knows where to frame her landscapes and how to frame her actors.
Finally, the final sequence is just memorable. It might seem completely out of t...( read more)
This film focuses on ex-Foreign Legion officer, Galoup, as he recalls his once glorious life, leading troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, but the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galou...( read more)
Seul film de Claire Denis que j'ai aime !
Energique, esthetique, sensitif ; film qui porte bien son titre...
Good, but slightly strange. It's one of those films where nothing really happens, yet there was a clearly defined plot.
But this is the central theme- that the French Foreign Legion (central to the film) is pointless...meaningless...empty- as the plot and lack of narrative s...( read more)
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