Top billed cast

1. 

   Denis Lavant

   Galoup

2. 

   Michel Subor

   Commander Bruno Forestier

3. 

   Grégoire Colin

   Gilles Sentain

4. 

   Richard Courcet

   Legionnaire

5. 

   Nicolas Duvauchelle

   Legionnaire

6. 

   Adiatou Massudi

   Legionnaire

7. 

   Mickael Ravovski

   Legionnaire

8. 

   Dan Herzberg

   Legionnaire

9. 

   Giuseppe Molino

   Legionnaire

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-05-08

Denis Lavant is good in this powerfully delivered reminiscence of soldier "Galoup". Having previously been stationed with his French regiment in Djibouti, director Claire Denis now takes us on a gently paced but effective retrospective as he revisits his time there where his life of discipline and routine gradually becomes compromised as he takes a bit of a shine to the newly arrived, confident and lithe, recruit "Sentain" (Grègoire Colin). The photography here is striking, as is the repetitiveness of their rather pedestrian existence. They spend most of their time, well, killing it! Their pe...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• dance
• based on novel or book
• foreign legion
• woman director
• masculinity
• power play
• djibouti
• gay theme