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In the east African enclave of Djibouti, the men of a small French Foreign Legion outpost spend their days practicing military drills, exercising and baking in the desert sun. Barely older than his soldiers, Sergeant Galoup seems to be the perfect Legionnaire: a brooding loner who runs his troop like a well-oiled machine -- that is until Sentain, a new recruit, arrives and threatens to upset the delicate... See Full Description
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Art/Foreign and Drama |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 30 min. |
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| Release Date: |
March 31, 2000 NY |
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| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
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| Distributors: |
New Yorker Films
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$271,557 |
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| Critics Reviews |
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N/A
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culturevulture.net,
"Original, interesting, complex, and demanding... Denis, through incidents and imagery, offers more to think about in her disciplined ninety minutes than other directors manage in twice the time." Full Review...
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The Village Voice: Work in Progress,
"...so tactile in its cinematography, inventive in its camera placement, and sensuous in its editing that the purposefully oblique and languid narrative is all but eclipsed." Full Review...
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