Beau Travail
Claire Denis · 1999 · France · French · 92 min · Restauré
Billy Budd transposed to the Foreign Legion's outpost in Djibouti: drill as choreography, salt flats as stage, and Sergeant Galoup taking exact, patient inventory of his own envy. Denis trusts bodies to say what her characters cannot — and then gives Galoup the last dance cinema still argues about.