Beau Travail

Beau Travail
Beau Travail
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Claire Denis
Screenplay by	Claire Denis ; Jean-Pol Fargeau
Based on	Billy Budd ; by Herman Melville
Produced by	Patrick Grandperret
Starring	Denis Lavant ; Michel Subor
Cinematography	Agnès Godard
Edited by	Nelly Quettier
Music by	Benjamin Britten ; Charles Henri de Pierrefeu
Distributed by	Pyramide Distribution
Release dates	4 September 1999 (Venice); 3 May 2000 (France);
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Languages	French ; Italian ; Russian
Box office	$570,000

Beau Travail (pronounced [bo tʁa.vaj], French for "good work") is a 1999 French film directed by Claire Denis that is loosely based on Herman Melville's 1888 novella Billy Budd. The story is set in Djibouti, where the protagonists are soldiers in the French Foreign Legion. Parts of the soundtrack of the movie are from Benjamin Britten's 1951 opera based on the novella.