Movies
April, 1994
Class Struggle and union organizing in a French coal-mining town at the turn of the century are the heavy business of Germinal (Sony Classics). Directed by France's Claude Berri, co-author of this adaptation from the Emile Zola classic, the grueling saga stars Gerard Depardieu, Miou-Miou and Judith Henry, with French folk singer Renaud in a pivotal role as Etienne. It's the itinerant Etienne who spells trouble, stirring the local miners to strike and prompting the rebellious mine owners to strik...
