Germinal

Who needs God and Heaven? We can change this lousy world.

An earnest, socially conscious drama about working-class solidarity and collective struggle against industrial exploitation, grounded in historical realism and moral conviction.

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.