{"product_id":"9781839027130","title":"Beau Travail","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePaperback | 96 pages | 5.35\" x 7.4\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Corinn Columpar (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48570402996456,"sku":"9781839027130x","price":26.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/m-2026-05-19T115754.826.jpg?v=1779206304","url":"https:\/\/typebooks.live\/products\/9781839027130","provider":"TYPE Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}