APRIL 11 Claire Denis - 7:00pm
Beau travail
(Claire Denis) 1999 France 90 mins M
Beau travail
(Claire Denis) 1999 France 90 mins M
Partly inspired by Melville's Billy Budd, Sailor & Britten's subsequent opera, Denis' defining work is one of the great portraits of male camaraderie, jealousy & North African colonialism. Focusing on the physical & experiential dimensions of its Foreign Legion characters' lives, Denis' passionate yet ambivalent film features one of the most remarkable final scenes in all cinema. Michel Subor's Commanding Officer is a continuation of the character he played in Godard's Le petit soldat. With Grégoire Colin & Denis Lavant.
Followed at 8.30pm by Jacques Rivette, The Night Watchmen.