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Une minute de silence

Une minute de silence

1998Movie⏱️ 1h 28m
Drama
5.9
IMDB Rating
93 votes

In a dying French mining town near the German border, the last miners are preparing to strike. Marek and Mimmo, two young miners and friends, have different views on the impending strike.

Director
Florent-Emilio Siri
Writers
N/A
Stars
Benoît Magimel, Bruno Putzulu, Jean-Yves Chatelais
Release Date
November 25, 1998
Language
French, Polish
Country
France
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🎭 Top Cast

Benoît Magimel
Benoît Magimel
as Marek
Bruno Putzulu
Bruno Putzulu
as Mimmo
Jean-Yves Chatelais
Jean-Yves Chatelais
as Stanis, Mark's uncle
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Andrea Schieffer
as The journalist
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Alexander May
as Freddy
Eric Savin
Eric Savin
as Tony
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Olivier Parenty
as Spitz
👤
Pierre Martot
as Frantz
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Kader Boukhanef
as Ibrahim
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Florence Giorgetti
as Cabaret woman

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Dolby SR
Color
Color
Filming Location
Merlebach, Freyming-Merlebach, Moselle, France
Production
Canal+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Champ Contre Champ

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🎯 Categories

FrenchDrama

⭐ Featured Review

A Germinal for our times?
by dbdumonteil2005-06-24

"A hundred years time after Emile Zola and his Germinal ,a page has been turned.There are no more miners in France."Une minute de silence" depicts the last moments of a mine in Merlebach.Some things have not changed:everything belongs to the mine,including the one-eyed's cafe. The director was heavily influenced by Kenneth Loach whose shade hangs over the whole movie.But not for the best:The only thing the script writers seem to have learned from the English artist is a loose plot,and in spite of some good actors,such as Bruno Pulutzu,de la comedy française,the movie never reall..."

📖 Synopsis

In a dying French mining town near the German border, the last miners are preparing to strike. Marek and Mimmo, two young miners and friends, have different views on the impending strike.