Films like Germinal
It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, and then the authorities repress them.
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It All Starts Today
Film · 1999 · also dramaIn a mining town which has been blighted by economic downturns, an elementary school headmaster struggles to obtain social services on behalf of his students.
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A Room in Town
Film · 1982 · also drama and romanceSet against the backdrop of an increasingly violent strike, a worker falls in love with the middle-class daughter of his landlady.
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Two English Girls
Film · 1971 · also drama and romanceIn the early 20th-century, Frenchman Claude meets Englishwoman Ann in Paris. Ann invites him to her family home, intending him for her sister Muriel. Claude falls for Mur...
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Salome
Film · 1953 · also drama and romanceIn the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm h...
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Not Easily Broken
Film · 2009 · also drama and romanceA car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
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The Divide
Film · 2021 · also dramaRaf and Julie, a couple on the verge of breaking up, find themselves in an emergency ward bordering on collapse on the evening of a Parisian Yellow Vest protest. Their en...
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Les Indésirables
Film · 2023 · also dramaA local activist and a budding young mayor clash over the best path forward for their impoverished suburb.
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The Young Karl Marx
Film · 2017 · also drama26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has been investigating...
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Come Sunday
Film · 2018 · also dramaEvangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
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Nine Lives
Film · 2005 · also drama and romanceCaptives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
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