Beau Travail
drama
148
Stimulating
Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention
Score Breakdown
Cognitive Stimulation/50
38
Educational Value/50
28
Craft & Quality/50
48
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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The TVI Take
A French Foreign Legion officer processes his rivalry with a recruit. Claire Denis's film is formally extraordinary — the film language draws on Melville's Billy Budd and expresses its psychology through movement rather than dialogue.
The final dance sequence is one of cinema's most formally stunning images. Educational about the Foreign Legion culture.
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