Beau Travail

Beau Travail(2000)

"Maybe freedom begins with remorse."

7.1/10
339 votes
93 minMay 3, 2000

Overview

Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind.

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