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ORIGINAL TITLE: Germinal

YEAR 1993

DURATION:: 158 min.

COUNTRY: France

DIRECTOR: Claude Berri

SUMMARY:

Etienne Lantier, an unemployed youth become a miner. In Montsou, north, discover the misery, alcoholism, sordid sex, male or indecent as generous as Chaval Toussaint Maheu, a whole suffering humanity convicted of capital. Being committed to the socialist struggle. Salaries down, suddenly gets a huge strike, captures and kills. The love that binds to Catherine Etienne is inevitable. The strike is dominated by the army, but Etienne will go there because its way to completion.
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Personal opinion :

for me is a movie that reflects very well as was the situation at that time therefore should not have to see how hard they were the living conditions in all respects. Thus we should value more the things that today do not value as food.