''Le Brasier'' is a French film directed by

Éric Barbier Éric Barbier (born 29 June 1960 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French film director and screenwriter. Filmography Actor * 1994: ''Le Péril jeune'' by Cédric Klapisch Awards and nominations References Bibliography * External links

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, released in

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. This was the first full-length feature film directed by Barbier.

Synopsis

Based around the social struggles of a mining area in the 1930s, ''Le Brasier'' was the first French film to have a budget of more than 100 million francs, the highest budget in the history of French cinema at that point. The film was a commercial disaster, selling less than 40,000 tickets in the Paris region.

Details

* Original title: ''Le Brasier'' * Director:

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* Writers: Éric Barbier, Jean-Pierre Barbier * Length: 122 minutes * Format : Colour * Photography :

Thierry Arbogast Thierry Arbogast (born 24 January 1956) is an award–winning French cinematographer. He was born in Paris. He is known for his work with director Luc Besson on such films as '' Léon: The Professional'' (1994), ''The Fifth Element'' (1997) and ' ...

* Executive producer: Jean-François Lepetit * Release date: France: 30 January

Starring

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: Victor *

Maruschka Detmers Maruschka Detmers (born 16 December 1962, Schoonebeek) is a Dutch actress. She moved to France as a teenager after finishing school, where she captured the attention of director Jean-Luc Godard. In 1983, she made her dramatic debut under Godard' ...

: Alice * Thierry Fortineau : Emile * François Hadji-Lazaro : Gros *

Serge Merlin Serge Merlin (born Serge Merle; 29 December 1932 – 16 February 2019) was a French actor. He became internationally known for his role in the film ''Amélie ''Amélie'' (also known as ''Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain''; ; en, The F ...

Shooting

* The film was shot in three countries:

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

(notably at Charleroi),

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(

Świętochłowice Świętochłowice (; german: Schwientochlowitz; szl, Świyntochłowice) is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It is also the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union metropolis, with a population of 2 million, a ...

- Lipiny) and

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(at Saint-Étienne mines)

References

External links

* 1991 films 1991 drama films Films set in the 1930s Films directed by Éric Barbier French drama films 1990s French films {{1990s-France-film-stub