Germinal
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France, Belgium, Italy · 1993
2h 40m
Director Claude Berri
Starring Miou-Miou, Gérard Depardieu, Renaud, Jean Carmet
Genre Drama, Romance
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Based on a novel by Émile Zola, the novel is set in the middle of the 19th century, in the north of France, where the inhabitants of a coal mining town are exploited by the mine's owner. Led by a young idealist from out of town, they take their fate in their hands and decide to go on strike.
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