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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 87%, Metacritic 91/100. Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 95% of the 3,223 2000s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic91/100
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
376 audience votes
Key crew
- Claire DenisDirector
- Claire DenisScreenplay
- Jean-Pol FargeauScreenplay
- Charles Henri de PierrefeuOriginal Music Composer
- Eran ZurOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Denis LavantGaloup
- Michel SuborCommander Bruno Forestier
- Grégoire ColinGilles Sentain
- Richard CourcetLegionnaire
- Nicolas DuvauchelleLegionnaire
- Adiatou MassudiLegionnaire
- Mickael RavovskiLegionnaire
- Dan HerzbergLegionnaire
- Giuseppe MolinoLegionnaire
- Gianfranco PoddigheLegionnaire
- Marc VehLegionnaire
- Thong Duy NguyenLegionnaire
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Themes
dancebased on novel or bookforeign legionwoman directormasculinitypower playdjiboutigay theme
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