Germinal (1993 film)

Germinal is a 1993 French epic film based on the novel by Émile Zola. It was directed by Claude Berri, and stars Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou and Renaud. At the time it was the most expensive movie ever produced in France. The film had 6,161,776 admissions in France making it the 4th most attended film of the year.

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• Germinal
• Germinal greve 1993 claude berri 1885 emile zola
• Cast
• Critical reception
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It won the César Award for Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design, and was nominated for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best director, Best Writing, Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Music and Best Production Design. The film was selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

The film, set in the nineteenth century, closely follows the plot of the novel, which is a realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s.

Cast

Miou-Miou as Maheude

Renaud as Étienne Lantier

Gérard Depardieu as Toussaint Maheu

Jean Carmet as Vincent Maheu dit Bonnemort

Judith Henry as Catherine Maheu

Jean-Roger Milo as Chaval

Laurent Terzieff as Souvarine

Bernard Fresson as Victor Deneulin

Jean-Pierre Bisson as Rasseneur

Jacques Dacqmine as Philippe Hennebeau

Anny Duperey as Madame Hennebeau

Gérard Croce as Maigrat

James Ard as the Priest

Frédéric van den Driessche as Paul Négrel

Annick Alane as Madame Grégoire

Pierre Lafont as Léon Grégoire

Yolande Moreau as La Levaque

Critical reception

The movie was well received by the critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 90% of 10 critics gave the film a positive review, for an average rating of 6.9/10.