''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

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

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

Synopsis

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 a French cinematographer, best known for his collaborations with director Luc Besson. At the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Arbogast was given the Technical Grand Prize for ''The Fifth Element'' and '' S ...

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

Starring

Jean-Marc Barr Jean-Marc Barr (born September 27, 1960) is a French-American film actor and director. He is best known for working on several films from Danish film director and frequent collaborator Lars von Trier since '' Europa'' (1991). Early life and ed ...

as Victor * Maruschka Detmers as Alice * Thierry Fortineau as Emile * François Hadji-Lazaro as 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'' (2001), which received widespread critical acclaim. Filmography Film See also ...

as Betaix * Tolsty as Piotr Pavlak *

Jean-Paul Roussillon Jean-Paul Roussillon (5 March 1931 – 31 July 2009) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1954 and 2008. He starred in the film '' Playing 'In the Company of Men, which was screened in the Un ...

as Dalmas

Shooting

* The film was shot in three countries:

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

(notably at

Charleroi Charleroi (, , ; ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is the largest city in both Hainaut and Wallonia. The city is situated in the valley of the Sambre, in the south-west of Belgium, not ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

(

Świętochłowice Świętochłowice (; ; ) is a city with powiat rights in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It is also one of the central cities of the Metropolis GZM, with a population of 2 million, and is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Rawa ...

- Lipiny) and

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

(at

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...

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 Warner Bros. films 1990s French-language films French-language drama films {{1990s-France-film-stub