Germinal

1993, Movie, NR, 158 mins

Germinal: Review

A splendid evocation of Emile Zola's most celebrated novel, this film adaptation by director Claude Berri chronicles the tragic aftermath of French industrialization, as miners and bourgeoisie do battle for economic survival. Berri's conscientious fidelity to the 1885 novel was probably inevitable--it's virtually a sacred text in France--but the film nevertheless emerges as a lament for the ruin of the modern European Left. Northern France, during an economic slump in the... read more leave a comment

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Critically acclaimed film based on the novel by Emile Zola tells the story of a hardworking miner whose heroic quest for justice leads to tragedy. French with subtitles.
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Length: 01:22
Posted: 3/17/2008