Each year, 10,000 young people from all over the world come to the Aubagne Foreign Legion Selection and Induction Center. Only 10% will pass the entrance tests. The American Lim, the Malagasy Vaifana, the French Liénart and Revel hope to be part of this elite troop. At the same time, a few kilometers from Sper Kunday, in Afghanistan, 250 legionnaires hold an advanced combat post surrounded by insurgents. Harassment is daily...

00:00 The foreign legion selection center
6:16 Life in the barracks
10:52 First physical test, you have to run as fast as possible
17:05 5 years for honor and fidelity (commission result)
27:07 Special operation in the desert
34:35 Helping the Afghan army against the Taliban
43:11 Artillery: Shell fire
56:32 What a legionnaire must do who commits 5 years
1:04:03 Legionnaires in an Afghan village
1:12:12 Fire!
1:18:48 Reciting the code of honor
1:22:04 He can't feel his hands anymore
1:32:02 The march of the legionnaire
1:38:39 End of the French Foreign Legion internship

Program: Special issue prime time documentary case
Directed by: Nicolas Moscara

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