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Blaze (1991)

Directed by Eric Barbier

Overview

All of Europe was affected by the Great Depression of the 1930s, but some parts were hurt less badly than others. France, for instance, was relatively prosperous. In this grim drama, a sturdy Polish boxer and his family have settled into a mining town in northern France because that’s where the work is. Like European “guest workers” in the 1990s, the Polish immigrants then were frequently treated badly by the locals. In this drama, the romantic aspirations of the boxer’s son are thwarted by the concerted efforts of the local men and his own family’s preference that he marry another Polish girl. After his romance fails, the son becomes a union activist and sacrifices a great deal to try to gain higher wages for the miners, but the contract he works out is reneged on by the duplicitous owners.

Length 122 minutes

Actors

Maruschka Detmers | Jean-Marc Barr | Tolsty | Thierry Fortineau | Jean-Paul Roussillon | François Hadji-Lazaro | Sylvia Wels | Elżbieta Karkoszka | Serge Merlin | Boguslawa Schubert | Arkadiusz Smolarczyk | Jean-Paul Farré | Marc Brunet | Maximilien Regiani | Wojciech Janeczek | Stephania Bak | Dominique Didry | Pierre Tabard | René Marquant | Michel Charrel | Daniel Chauvidon | Yves Elliot | Marc Chouppart | Philippe Caspary | Eugène Berthier | Antoine Dulaure | Catherine Hertault | Janina Gaczol | Stanislas Gaczol | Michel Carmone | Gilette Barbier | Jaroslaw Kadzielski | Artur Dziurman | Tomasz Piasecki | Sabina Brzozowska | Grzegorz Palasinski | Piotr Cerulak | Michal Puzio | Henryk Ztyka | Benoît Ferreux