Le Brasier

1991 French film

Le Brasier is a French film directed by Éric Barbier, released in 1991. This was the first full-length feature film directed by Barbier.[1]

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: Éric Barbier
  • Writers: Éric Barbier, Jean-Pierre Barbier
  • Length: 122 minutes
  • Format : Colour
  • Photography : Thierry Arbogast
  • Executive producer: Jean-François Lepetit
  • Release date: France: 30 January 1991

Starring

  • Jean-Marc Barr : Victor
  • Maruschka Detmers : Alice
  • Thierry Fortineau : Emile
  • François Hadji-Lazaro : Gros
  • Serge Merlin

Shooting

  • The film was shot in three countries: Belgium (notably at Charleroi), Poland (Świętochłowice - Lipiny) and France (at Saint-Étienne mines)

References

  1. ^ "Le Brasier". French Films.org. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
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Films directed by Éric Barbier
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