Germinal

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Period Drama Drama Romance

Au milieu du XIXe siècle, dans le nord de la France, les ouvriers d'une ville charbonnière sont exploités par le propriétaire de la mine. Un jour, ils décident de se mettre en grève et les a... Tout lireAu milieu du XIXe siècle, dans le nord de la France, les ouvriers d'une ville charbonnière sont exploités par le propriétaire de la mine. Un jour, ils décident de se mettre en grève et les autorités les répriment.Au milieu du XIXe siècle, dans le nord de la France, les ouvriers d'une ville charbonnière sont exploités par le propriétaire de la mine. Un jour, ils décident de se mettre en grève et les autorités les répriment.

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Récompenses
- 2 victoires et 11 nominations au total

Anecdotes
The movie cost 165 milllion francs, which made it the most expensive French movie ever made at the time of release.

Gaffes
Near the end of the film, when Etienne and Catherine are looking for a way out of the mine, there are shadows of the lamps on the right wall of the tunnel. It's to be supposed that the only light inside the mine came from the lamps.

Citations
Etienne Lantier: Capitalist tyranny is destroying us.

Crédits fous
Dedication at the beginning of the movie: "For my father"

Versions alternatives
The UK version is cut by about 30 seconds to remove scenes of animal cruelty (two cocks fighting) to comply with the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937.

Connexions
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Guarding Tess/Lightning Jack/The Hudsucker Proxy/The Ref/Belle Epoque/Germinal (1994)

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8/10

An engrossing film from start to finish

The pacing of this film was very well done. Not a scene didn't feel like it didn't belong. The production and the recreation of the era was very convincing, much credit to the director who got this right when it's so easy to get it wrong.

The acting was excellent, Depardieu as always fantastic, he was convincing as a hard-working simple man finally at breaking point. The brute was played excellently. Lantier won me over as the film went along. And if I remember correctly the Russian(or Polish) anarchist from the book stole every scene he was in. And of the course the women...(except for that one scene haha) Some people are saying this film is too leftist, but there are scenes to differ as with the book. Essentially a idea proposed is that a working man given a fortune will inevitably go down the same path as the bourgeois. They feel at once hate and envy.

A very good film and very grim but not nearly so much as the book.