Benoît gets exempted from his military service, but it leads him to learn something for worse: as the Army doctor told him, his test result are in fact positive. Benoît is a student in Art History. When it is time for him to do his mandatory military service, he feels that his carefully planned life is falling apart. A fake suicide attempt gets him exempted, but it leads him to learn something for worse than Army life. Something irrevocable : as the Army doctor told him, his test result are in fact positive. He tries to come to terms with this. However he quickly realizes he will never be the same again and like the Romantic heroes of his former life, he chooses to reject his destiny and to transform his existence in a constant exaltation of the senses...
Keywords
- alcohol
- drugs
- relatie
- oorlog
Actors
- Roschdy Zem
- Jean Douchet
- Xavier Beauvois
- Pascal Bonitzer
- Chiara Mastroianni
- Bulle Ogier
- Cédric Kahn
- Emmanuel Salinger
Director
- Xavier Beauvois
Benoît gets exempted from his military service, but it leads him to learn something for worse: as the Army doctor told him, his test result are in fact positive.
Benoît is a student in Art History. When it is time for him to do his mandatory military service, he feels that his carefully planned life is falling apart. A fake suicide attempt gets him exempted, but it leads him to learn something for worse than Army life. Something irrevocable : as the Army doctor told him, his test result are in fact positive. He tries to come to terms with this. However he quickly realizes he will never be the same again and like the Romantic heroes of his former life, he chooses to reject his destiny and to transform his existence in a constant exaltation of the senses...