{"product_id":"beau-travail-9781839027130","title":"Beau Travail","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeau Travail\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) is Claire Denis' bold, sensuous masterpiece. Loosely based on Herman Melville's \u003ci\u003eBilly Budd, Sailor \u003c\/i\u003e(1924)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ethe film explores the complexities of desire, identity, and power within an all-male group of French Foreign Legionnaires stationed at a coastal outpost in the former colony of Djibouti, in East Africa. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe film cemented Denis' position as a leading auteur and visual poet. In this book, Corinn Columpar positions the film as a cinematic bid for freedom. She examines its formal innovations - particularly the use of the gaze, voice, and movement - to explain how Denis produces exhilarating possibilities narratively, affectively, and ideologically, while also situating the film within the histories of art cinema and postcolonial filmmaking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Corinn Columpar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e British Film Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e BFI Film Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.46h x 5.43w x 0.24d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839027130","brand":"British Film Institute","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126708519049,"sku":"9781839027130","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_70043f7d-34b8-474b-af53-5749a8904bac.jpg?v=1782794922","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/beau-travail-9781839027130","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}