| Germinal | |
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| Directed by | Claude Berri |
| Screenplay by | Claude Berri [ Langmann]] by Émile Zola |
| Produced by | Claude Berri Pierre Grunstein Bodo Scriba |
| Starring | Miou-Miou Renaud Jean Carmet Judith Henry Jean-Roger Milo Gérard Depardieu |
| Cinematography | Yves Angelo |
| Edited by | Hervé de Luze |
| Music by | Jean-Louis Roques |
| Distributed by | AMLF |
Release date |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | €27.4 million[1] |
| Box office | $36.1 million[2] |
Germinal is a 1993 French epic film based on the 1885 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.[3] It was the fourth most attended film of the year in France.
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.[4][5]
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.
- ^ "Germinal (1993)- JPBox-Office". Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ "Top 100 grossers worldwide, '93-94". Variety. October 17, 1994. p. M-56.
- ^ "Into the black". Screen International. 19 November 1993. p. 20.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ Frook, John Evan (30 November 1993). "Acad inks Cates, unveils foreign-language entries". Variety. Retrieved 25 August 2008.