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Germinal

Claude Berri Drama | Romance 1993 Belgium | France | Italy 2h40m 4K

In mid-nineteenth-century northern France, a coal mining town's workers are exploited by the mine's owner. One day, they decide to go on strike, and the authorities repress them.

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Festival selections:

Goteborg Film Festival

Cast & Crew

Rights owner | Pathé International

Directors | Claude Berri

Producers | Claude Berri

Writers | Émile Zola, Claude Berri, Arlette Langmann

Cast | Miou-Miou, Renaud, Jean Carmet, Judith Henry

DOP | Yves Angelo

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