"Germinal"

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"Germinal" is a realistically depicted tale of coal miners in 19th Century France, written by Emile Zola. The paper compares this novel with the film which was based on the story, directed by French director Claude Berri. The paper shows that ,despite the high standard of the film, it fails to leave the same impression of magnitude as the novel, due to the brilliance of Zola's work.

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"He has definitely presented the facts in their true essence, however the moviegoers do not get to see the background lending support to those facts. For example, instead of introducing us to the Hennebeaus who are self-made class of the French wealthy, Berri simply lets us see various contrasts through effective and powerful depiction of coal-miners and cruel ruling class limited to the Gregoires. The contrasts highlight the plight of coal-miners in 19th century effectively but can lead to confusion. This is because there are numerous characters and plots and subplots, which though can be explained, clearly through the novel, cannot be captured just as effectively in a film spanning 2 hours and 40 minutes."

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