La recluta Benjamin

An upper-crust socialite trades cotillions for camouflage after impulsively enlisting. She soon discovers basic training is less cotillion and more circa 1942 boot camp parody. A class trip that stays classy by never leaving the barracks.

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Howard Zieff directed La recluta Benjamin in 1980. See Howard Zieff's full filmography, where to start with Howard Zieff, or where to go after you've seen everything by Howard Zieff.

La recluta Benjamin was released in 1980 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 110 minutes.