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Beau Travail Dans la collection “Terres Etrangères” Beau Travail Un téléfilm de Claire Denis D’après un scénario inspiré d’Herman Melville Avec Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin 23.15 Lundi 17 avril 2000 Sortie en salles : Mercredi 3 mai 2000 Contact presse ARTE : Virginie Doré assistée de Grégoire Mauban – 01.55.00.70.46/48 La collection Imaginée par Patrick Grandperret (l’Enfant lion) et Carmen Castillo (la Véridique légende du sous-commandant Marcos), la collection Terres Etrangères confronte chaque auteur/réalisateur à une terre étrangère, de nos jours, avec pour fil conducteur la situation sociale et politique de chaque pays évoqué. Les titres de la collection : Les enfants du Karoo de Laurent Ferrier (1997) Inca de Oro de Patrick Grandperret (1997) Couleur Havane de Patrick Grandperret (1999) Beau Travail de Claire Denis (1999) .2 Synopsis Un peloton de la Légion étrangère oublié, abandonné quelque part dans le golfe de Djibouti. Les restes d’une armée fantôme qui joue à la guerre et répare les routes. A Marseille, l’ex-adjudant Galoup se souvient de ces temps heureux, de cette vie si bien orchestrée, de ses hommes, son cher troupeau. Mais ce qu’il a vraiment perdu, c’est son commandant. Son commandant qu’il n’a pas voulu partager avec un jeune légionnaire. Note d’intention Deux poèmes d’Herman Melville ont été fondateurs dans ce travail Marche de nuit Drapeaux roulés, clairons muets, Une armée passe dans la nuit; Lances et casques qui miroitent, De leurs éclairs saluent le noir. Les légions ruissellent sans bruit, Marchant librement, en bon ordre; Ruissellent et luisent dans l’immense plaine - Point de chef que l’on puisse voir ! De l’or dans les hauteurs De l’or dans les hauteurs Et de l’or dans le val, La convoitise au cœur, Pour le Ciel nulle part, Pour l’homme nul bonheur. .3 Claire Denis Réalisatrice Filmographie Au cinéma 1989 Chocolat 1989 Man No Run 1990 S’en fout la mort 1991 Keep It for Yourself 1993 J’ai pas sommeil 1996 Nénette et Boni 2000 Trouble every day Télévision 1992 La Robe à cerceaux – dans la série “Monologues” 19 9 4 US go home – dans la collection “Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge” 1995 Nice, very Nice (un épisode de “A propos de Nice”) Documents 1990 Jacques Rivette, le Veilleur, en collaboration avec Serge Daney, dans la collection “Cinéma de notre temps”. 1991 Pour Ushari Ahmed Mahmoud, court métrage pour la série “Ecrire contre l’oubli” 1992 Ni une, ni deux 1995 A propos d’une déclaration, court métrage pour la Fondation Cartier Duo, court métrage pour le Centenaire du cinéma .4 Agnès Godard Directeur de la Photographie 1999 Beau Travail de Claire Denis 1998 La vie ne me fait pas peur de Noémie Lvovsky La Nouvelle Eve de Catherine Corsini 1997 L’Arrière Pays de Jacques Nolot La Vie rêvée des Anges de Erick Zonca 1996 Nénette et Boni de Claire Denis 1995 Jeunesse sans Dieu de Catherine Corsini Sida, paroles de familles de Paule Muxel et Bertrand de Solliers 1994 US Go Home de Claire Denis Sida, une histoire qui n’a pas de fin de Paule Muxel et Bertrand de Solliers 1993 J’ai pas Sommeil de Claire Denis La Vis de Didier Flamand (Court Métrage) 1992 L’Absence de Peter Handke 1991 Keep it for Yourself de Claire Denis Jacquot de Nantes de Agnès Varda 1990 Le Veilleur de Claire Denis Agnès Godard était aussi cadreuse sur deux films de Claire Denis : Chocolat et S’en fout la mort .5 Fiche technique Réalisation ................................... Claire Denis Scénario....................................... Jean-Pol Fargeau et Claire Denis d’après Herman Melville Assistant réalisation..................... Jean-Paul Allègre Image........................................... Agnès Godard Montage....................................... Nelly Quettier Son .............................................. Jean-Paul Mugel Mixage.......................................... Dominique Gaborieau Montage son................................ Christophe Winding Musique originale......................... Eran Tzur Décors.......................................... Arnaud de Moleron Costumes..................................... Judy Shrewsbury Producteur Pathé Télévision........ Jérome Minet Unité de Programmes Fictions La Sept ARTE.............................. Pierre Chevalier Une coproduction......................... La Sept ARTE, Pathé Télévision, SM Films Avec la collaboration et le soutien du chorégraphe Bernardo Montet France - 89 minutes - 1999 .6 Liste artistique Galoup.......................................... Denis Lavant Bruno Forestier ............................ Michel Subor Gilles Sentain............................... Grégoire Colin La jeune femme........................... Marta Tafesse Kassa Le Peloton.................................... Richard Courcet Nicolas Duvauchelle Adiatou Massudi Mickael Ravovski Dan Herzberh Giuseppe Molino Gianfranco Poddighe Marc Veh Thong Duy Nguyen Jean-Yves Vivet Bernardo Montet Dimitri Tsiapkinis Djamel Zemali Abdlekader Bouti .7 Les principaux acteurs Denis LAVANT Issu du théâtre de rue, et acrobate avant d’être acteur, il débute au théâtre en 1980 (Le Bouc de Fassbinder – mis en scène de Jean-Claude Grindvald, Hamlet de Shakespeare – mis en scène de Antoine Vitez, Le Prince de Hombourg de Kleist – mis en scène de Karge et Langhoff) avant d’être découvert du grand public au cinéma grâce au réalisateur Leos Carax qui en fait son acteur fétiche, Boy meets Girl (1983), Mauvais Sang (1986), Les Amants du Pont Neuf (1991). On le retrouve dans des films tels que Mona et Moi de Patrick Grandperret (1989), Visiblement, Je Vous Aime de Jean-Michel Carré (1996), Don Juan de Jacques Weber (1998), Cantique de la Racaille de Vincent Ravalec (1998 ) Dans le même temps il poursuit une activité théâtrale intense et joue dans Baal de Brecht – mise en scène de Anne Vouilloz, Le Chevalier d’Olmedo de Lopez de Vega – mise en scène de Lluis Pascal au théâtre de l’Odéon, La Vie criminelle de Richard III – mise en scène de Pierre Pradinas, Roméo et Juliette de Shakespeare, avec Romane Bohringer dans le rôle de Juliette – mise en scène de Hans Peter Cloos au théâtre de l’Odéon (1996), Voyage dans le chaos Les Obérioutes – mise en scène de Lukas Hemleb au Petit Odéon… Michel SUBOR Michel Subor a débuté sa carri è re grâce à Roger Vadim dans La bride sur le cou (1961) aux côtés de Brigitte Bardot, puis avec le rôle principal du Petit soldat (1963) de Jean-Luc Godard. D’origine russe, cet acteur quadrilingue (français, anglais, russe et allemand) en profite pour jouer au cinéma comme à la télévision, dans des productions étrangères telles que Wh a t ’s new Pu s s y c a t , la comédie britannique de Clive Doner (1965), L’Etau d’ A l f red Hitchcock (1969), The Gardi a n , un feuilleton pour la télévision américaine ou Der mann im salz, pour la télévision allemande (1989)… Mais aussi françaises Les Egouts du Paradis de José Giovanni (1979), Do c t e u r Françoise Gailland de Jean-Louis Bertucelli (1975), L’I m p r é c a t e u r de Jean-Louis Be rtucelli (1977). Plus récemment, on l’a vu dans des séries telles que Ne s t o r Bu rm a , LeLy o n n a i s , No v a c e k . Mais aussi dans le téléfilm de Mounir Dridi, Ga b r i e l to u rné en 1993 pour ARTE ou de Sébastien Grall Un petit grain de folie (1997). On le verra dans deux films qui sortent en salles fin mars et début avril : Ainsi soit-il de Gérard Blain et La Fidélité d’Andreij Zulawsky. .8 Grégoire COLIN Grégoire Colin est déjà un acteur émérite, avec de beaux rôles à son actif. Sur le petit écran, il fut Finch, dans la série Jalna ( 1 9 9 4 ) ,il a également joué dans Le Fils de Gascogne de Pascal Aubier (1995) et Coup de lune d ’ E d o u a rdo Mignoga (1999). Remarqué au cinéma dans L’Année de l’éveil de Gérard Corbiau (1991), il a joué dans Roulez jeunesse de Jacques Fansten (1993), dans Pas très catholique de Tony Marshall (1994). On l’a vu dans La Reine Margot de Patrice Chéreau (1994) et dans le film de Milcho Manchevski, Before the Rain, Lion d’Or du Festival de Venise 1994. Héros de Fiesta de Pierre Boutron (1995) avec Jean-Louis Trintignant et Marc Lavoine, acteur dans La Vie rêvée des anges d’Eric Zonca (1998) et dans Secret Défense de Jacques Rivette (1998), Grégoire Colin est un des comédiens fétiches de Claire Denis qui l’a dirigé dans U.S. go home, dans Nénette et Boni, pour lequel il a reçu le Léopard de bronze pour son interprétation au Festival de Locarno 1996. .9 Entretien avec Denis LAVANT Comment construit-on un personnage Pour toutes ces raisons, j’ai vraiment apprécié comme celui de de film ? de tourner avec Claire Denis. C’est quelqu’un En rêveries. Rêveries par rapport au scénario, qui se met chaque jour en état d’inventer, de par rapport au livre de Melville dont il s’inspire. créer, dans une grande complicité avec Agnès Billy Budd décrit très bien ce qui se passe dans Godard, la directrice de la photo. La scène la tête du personnage, cette mécanique finale, quand je danse dans la discothèque, a implacable de la haine. Le désir pour le jeune été improvisée et bouclée en deux prises. homme est un ressort obscur mais absolument légitime. Claire Denis m’a aussi envoyé les Depuis Mauvais sang, vous incarnez poèmes qui l’ont inspirée. Pour moi, la poésie est souvent des rôles très acrobatiques… toujours la moelle épinière, la C’est vrai qu’avant d’aborder condensation profonde d’un le texte, j’ai commencé par ce a u t e u r. Et puis, il y a eu la qui me faisait jubiler : jongler, f o rmidable re n c o n t re avec m a rcher sur les mains, Djibouti, avec l’Afrique, un marcher sur un fil, cracher le personnage à part entière.
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