“BEAU TRAVAIL” 1999 | 1h32’ [FR] | DEATH & DESIRE Cinema Screenings

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MORTE E DESEJO
[DEATH & DESIRE Cinema Screenings] (Curadoria de Aluísio Leite)

“BEAU TRAVAIL” 1999 | 1h32’ [FR]
De Claire Denis
Sábado Dia 07/06 às 19h30 [Saturday 06/07 at 7:30pm]
Um antigo oficial da Legião Estrangeira recorda a sua vida gloriosa a liderar tropas no Djibuti.
An ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his once-glorious life of leading troops in Djibouti.

*(*Original sound in French, Italian and Russian. English Subtitles)

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Death is the inevitable end and desire is what moves our very own existence. For this cycle, we’ll start with two films that represent death and desire as major, intertwining themes.
The second film, Claire Denis’ masterpiece BEAU TRAVAIL (1999), is, on the surface, very different from Kiarostami’s film. Sensual and colorful (with beautiful cinematography by Agnès Godard), it’s a mood piece about a French Foreign Legion sergeant (Denis Lavant) as he descends into quiet madness over his obsession with a strikingly handsome younger recruit (Grégoire Colin). Repressed desires (and homosexuality) are suggested here in a more explicit fashion than in Kiarostami’s film. In their stunning and unique codas, both films equally dance with the possibilities of art, life and individual choice; when and how to end our own despair. And like all great art, neither film feeds you all the answers; they inspire the most varied interpretations. They’re two of the most beautiful films of the 1990’s, and are ripe for (re)discovery.

All Cinema PROSA films will be shown on an illuminated pixel (65’’ QLED screen) in a room with a maximum capacity of 24 spectators.

Come and have a glass of wine or a non-alcoholic drink in the cinema room with us!

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