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When one is concerned with the environment of miners (my father was a miner and died of silicosis at the age of 42), one finds this film very good because it reflects the extremely hard working condit“I remember it very well when this movie was released in France. Indeed, it was a big event because it was based on a massive classic of the French lit”
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“I remember it very well when this movie was released in France. Indeed, it was a big event because it was based on a massive classic of the French literature written by Emile Zola and there was also a major casting stunt by hiring Renaud to play the lead character. Indeed, Renaud was and still is a very famous French folk singer with some well known socialist political views and you can imagine that he felt some deep connection with the material. Back then, I actually read the book it was based on and I even gave a presentation about it as a school assignment. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, it was definitely an ambitious project and it was apparently at the time the most expensive movie ever produced in France but, to be honest, I wasn’t completely blown away by the whole thing” read more
Foreign Language Oscar Submissions - FRANCE (66 movies items)"1993 66th Academy Awards Not Nominated"
