37 minutes of Breton miners fighting capitalism with their whole chest — and winning.
Chronicle of the 9-week strike by the kaolin workers of Plémet. The film emphasizes the particular nature of such a strike in a rural commune and in a sector of the old Breton proletariat: that of subsoil mining, almost entirely liquidated after the closure of the Hennebont forges.
Direction
Le Tacon lets workers speak, never sensationalizes.
Production
Rare document of vanished Breton mining culture.
Director
Jean-Louis Le Tacon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kaolin mining in Brittany dated to the 18th century; this strike occurred during the industry's final collapse, making the workers' victory pyrrhic but symbolically crucial.
The film belongs to a wave of 1970s French militant documentaries funded by labor unions and political collectives, rarely preserved or digitized.
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