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

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)

Trailer

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