I was quite disappointed by this adaptation. The settings are OK, though not shot very dramatically. Bernard Blier is good as the boss character but could have been much more nasty. Jean Sorel is really too soft and gentle when the character would have needed an aggressive actor. Claude Brasseur is much in the tone. Fine scenes in the grocer's shop. Yves Allégret is just the shadow of himself, far away from his noir masterpieces.
Review of Germinal
