Story Line
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.
“Maybe freedom begins with remorse.”
Top Cast
Denis Lavant
Galoup
Michel Subor
Commander Bruno Forestier
Grégoire Colin
Gilles Sentain
Richard Courcet
Legionnaire
Nicolas Duvauchelle
Legionnaire
Adiatou Massudi
Legionnaire
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Rating
7.2/ 10
Release Date
2000-05-03
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Drama
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7/10
•5/8/2023Denis 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...