Blaze

Blaze (1991)

Le Brasier

All of Europe was affected by the Great Depression of the 1930s, but some parts were hurt less badly than others. France, for instance, was relatively prosperous. In this grim drama, a sturdy Polish boxer and his family have settled into a mining town in northern France because that's where the work is. Like European "guest workers" in the 1990s, the Polish immigrants then were frequently treated badly by the locals. In this drama, the romantic aspirations of the boxer's son are thwarted by the concerted efforts of the local men and his own family's preference that he marry another Polish girl. After his romance fails, the son becomes a union activist and sacrifices a great deal to try to gain higher wages for the miners, but the contract he works out is reneged on by the duplicitous owners.

Date of release
1991-05-26
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (2)
Runtime
2h 2m
Genres
Drama
Director
Eric Barbier

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Saint-Étienne

Le Brasier is a French film directed by Éric Barbier, released in 1991. 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.

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