Germinal (1993)
- Directed by
- Claude Berri
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 2h 38m
- Rated
- 14
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 345 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1860s northern France, a young man arrives in a coal mining town and becomes involved with the workers and their families. He joins them in a brutal strike against the mine owners for better conditions and wages.
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What happens
Germinal is a 1993 French-Belgian epic film based on the 1885 novel by Émile Zola. It was directed by Claude Berri, and stars Renaud, Miou-Miou and Gérard Depardieu. At the time it was the most expensive movie ever produced in France. It was the fourth most attended film of the year in France. It won the César Award for Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design, and was nominated for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation, Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Music and Best Production Design. The film was selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film, set in the nineteenth century, closely follows the plot of the novel, which is a realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Flight of the Innocent (1993)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.