QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FILM `GERMINAL´

1) Summarize in just one sentence the topic of the movie and locate it in time and space.
2) What social classes can we see in the movie? For each one of them set their lifestyles
and values.
3) Explain the reason why does it start the miners ‘strike and summarize (a lot) its
development.
4) Identify the three scenes that are the most important ones. Justify your answer
5) Identify the most important characters and set their ideology.
What are the ideological differences between Souvarine and Étiene Lantier (Pay
attention to the scene of the workers conversation during dinner in the tavern)
6) Analyze the behavior of the employers and the means of repression they use ( justify
your answer citing specific scenes from the movie).
7) Personal opinion about your paper and the movie

Germinal (1993) Claude Berri