Three films with Michel Subor. A thought tryptic on a soldiering life.
Early years in war: Le petit soldat (1963)
Director: Jean-Luc Godard.
As Bruno Forestier. During the Algerian war for independence from France, a young Frenchman living in Geneva who belongs to a right-wing terrorist group and a young woman who belongs to a left-wing terrorist group meet and fall in love. Complications ensue when the man is suspected by the members of his terrorist group of being a double agent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS1qNnW3XF8Foreign legion years: Beau travail (1999)
Director: Claire Denis.
As Commander Bruno Forestier. Ex-Foreign Legion officer as he recalls his once glorious life, leading troops in Africa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u65lNJP5yikLate years: L'intrus (2004)
Director: Claire Denis.
As Louis Trebor. a man nearing 70, lives alone with dogs in the forest near the French-Swiss border. He has heart problems, seeks a transplant, and then goes in search of a son sired years before in Tahiti.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVLze00ViPo