Germinal (1993)
Drama | Romance
In mid-nineteenth-century northern France, a coal mining town's workers are exploited by the mine's owner. One day, they decide to go on strike, and the authorities repress them.
Starring: Miou-Miou, Renaud, Jean Carmet, Gérard Depardieu, Judith Henry, Jean-Roger Milo, Laurent Terzieff
Director: Claude Berri
Medea (1969)
Drama
To win the kingdom his uncle took from his father, Jason must steal the golden fleece from the land of barbarians, where Medea is royalty and a powerful sorceress, where human sacrifice helps crops to grow. Medea sees Jason and swoons, then enlists her brother's aid to take the fleece. She then murders her brother and becomes Jason's lover. Back in Greece, the king keeps the throne, the fleece has no power, and Medea lives an exile's life, respected but feared, abandoned by Jason. When she learns he's to marry the king's daughter, Medea tames her emotions and sends gifts via her sons; then, loss overwhelms her and she unleashes a fire storm on the king, the bride, and Jason.
Starring: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
