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Today is a holiday, Mesdames et Messieurs!

Buy your pinwheel! Two Centimes a pinwheel!

No pinwheel, no party! Hello, Mademoiselle.

Would you like one? Thank you. Two wages. Thank you, Mademoiselle.

It's a holiday today, Mesdames et Messieurs! Get your pinwheel!

Catherine?

What are you doing here?

The dance is about to begin.

Come on, come on.

Come on.

I'm not going to raise the child forever.

If not, they'll take him away. After all, you're his grandmother too.

That's it, to show off and make the rounds of the bars,

but to get by, there's no one else.

He is still young. It is normal.

Yes! Come on! Louise, again!

Catherine!

Come on!

A gin.

Another one!

Everything all right?

Take.

Mouquette, please help.

Come, come.

Come, Etienne.

- Well, what are you waiting for? - Nothing.

It's his girl, isn't it?

Maybe I can replace her.

What's wrong? What did I do to you?

Catherine.

We've already talked about it. And a little one who grows up like that, in sin.

And the talk in the colony. Blah, blah, blah.

- That hurts me. - I know,

how are we going to get by on one less salary?

- Well... - But you're right.

Yes.

- There will be a wedding. - Yes! Yes!

- See how happy they are? - Yes, very.

How beautiful is love! Let's celebrate! It's on me!

- That's very kind of you. - Thank you very much.

We have something to celebrate.

Excuse me.

We may be next.

We'll go slowly.

Another one! Another one! Another one! Another one!

Another one! Another one! Another one! Another...

Ah! So this is the gathering.

I know it's been days, in fact, weeks,

that you've been working you backs in a mine that is running out and becoming dangerous...

And, as a gift,

we decided not to wait any longer and to open another mine, a new quarry.

- It's wonderful! - wonderful. Toussaint! Toussaint!

There's work! There's work!

They'll give us good news because we've been waiting so long.

There they are.

Quiet!

I see you are impatient to start.

Yes!

Let's see, today we are going to auction 18 new quarries.

There's been a mistake! There are 20 teams!

No. There is no error.

We can only put out to auction eighteen quarries, at the moment.

- No way! - What about the rest!

Some of them will be out of work.

- That's not legal! - That's not right! It's not right!

Quite, Bouteloup! Quite!

Please, please.

There is nothing more we can do at the moment.

18 quarries are already a lot of effort for the company.

- Come on! And what else? - There is a crisis, I remind you.

- And what will the others do? - They will be distributed among the other teams.

It's not possible, we won't earn enough.

If not, you can try your luck elsewhere.

- Come on, let's go! - This is crazy...

Shut them up!

Paul. First quarry.

Yes. It's the seam at the top. The one with the easiest access.

Estimated thickness, one meter fifty.

Perfect. Reverse auction. I remind you how it works:

your team says for what price it is willing to keep the quarry.

The lowest bidder gets it.

Come on, friend's price! 75 wages a wagon!

That's a good one, Mouque!

Very good, very good, very funny.

Now seriously.

Starting price,

25, I hear you.

25 wages is too little, we will not yield to blackmail.

- That's a pittance! - That price can't be. Unbelievable.

We want to make a living!

Quite!

We won't be here all day!

Team Charrier, for me!

- What are you saying? - No, man, no!

Charrier!

Don't do it, man!

At 25 wages!

Will no one improve this?

Team Jeannot, 24 wages.

- What are you doing? - No, man, no!

Sold!

Darras, 23!

Darras, come closer!

- Buttlicker! - Sold!

Pittance!

Quarry number one awarded to Darras, 23 wages.

Team Darras, with me!

- Quarry number two! - Don't move.

Quarry number two for Charrier, 23 wages.

Quarry number three.

Caron! 23 Caron's wages, mine.

Caron, 23 wages. Come closer.

Quarry number four.

- Dubois, by 22! - 22.

- Quarry number 5! - Lanquet, 22 wages!

Quarry number six?

Dupont! 21...

Maheu, shit!

21 wages. Here.

Quarry number seven.

Levaque. 21 wages.

- Levaque, not you! - Levaque!

- Bouteloup! - Wake up, Levaque!

This is how it goes! Let's get to work.

Quarry number 15 awarded to Domergue.

Number 16, Petit team.

- Quarry number 17. - Team Lambert, 20 wages.

- Lambert, come closer. - Don't bullshit, shit!

- We'll have nothing! - It's impossible to accept!

At less than 20 wages, we can't do the math.

He said it was provisional. Team Maheu!

19.

Awarded to Maheu, 19 wages.

Shit, the seam is very bad, it's impossible.

Yes, and we have accepted a pittance.

Stop whining and give it to him!

Let's hold on! Let's go!

And you keep up the pace, shit.

Don't bite in different directions, it's no use.

Be constant to dig. Hit it. Insist on the same place. Come on!

What about me? Won't you help me?

What's the problem?

No problem.

And that face?

Next time why don't you ask Chaval to help you?

He's your boyfriend, isn't he?

Come on, it's no secret.

I saw you in the tunnel.

Did you see me?

Yes.

And you seemed to like it.

I didn't imagine you like this.

I get it.

I've disappointed you.

I'm sorry.

Everything okay? Not too hard?

How was the day?

If you had seen Philippe with the miners...impressive.

And a bit scary.

I don't know if he's aware of what he sows.

Don't worry about him.

He knows what he's doing.

His work is his whole life.

- Hyppolyte? - Yes, Madame?

- Close the door. - Yes, Madame.

Come on, this one's on me.

Not you, traitor.

- Say that again. - You're a traitor.

You're all traitors! You've fallen for their game!

- Hey, hey! Get off him! Hey! - Don't fight him! No!

Even you, Maheu, you've given in.

Do you have a problem, Pichot?

No.

No, say it. No, say it, you seem to know everything. What were we supposed to do?

Starve to death?

Let's get to work, shit!

But what the hell am I going to live on? What am I going to live on?

This is exactly what you want, fight amongst yourselves.

By now, Hennebeau must be counting the money he has stolen from you.

Quite.

There will always be patterns, there always will be.

- It's like this. - No, Souvarine is right.

If we were organized, they wouldn't dare to treat us like that.

- Organize ourselves? - Yes.

You have fallen out of the nest.

It is forbidden to organize. Just for thinking about it, you could be kicked out.

What? Isn't it true?

- Then tell them! - It's like this. We can't.

He's right.

What are we going to change things for?

He has lost a lot of sight,

not to mention his lungs. I can't let him go on.

- But I only have a year left. - Cheer up, you're retiring.

But if you terminate me now, I'll only have half of my pension left.

I've told you, you're no longer eligible. Are you going to teach me my profession?

Next patient!

Without the old man's and Zacharie's payments we won't make it.

Then we'll have a tenant.

It is the only solution.

We can offer you bed and board, for three francs a week.

You ask Etienne?

It would be cheaper than at the inn.

And he owes you.

And Catherine?

What about her?

Not that we have a choice.

- And he's a good boy, Etienne. - And he's a good boy, Etienne.

He's reliable, isn't he?

Come help me! Now!

This morning I heard the wood creaking.

It seems that this new seam is not very safe.

If only they would put the wood right, but they just don't think.

They are a bunch of brainless idiots.

- See you tomorrow. - Good night.

Rodolphe felt that there was something solemn,

of august, in this sort of redemption.

Augustus?

Augustus? You mean,

majestic.

In the serious and resigned countenance of Madame Georges...

one could see the trace of long sufferings,

of a deep sadness.

- He looked at Marie with a benignity... - Benignity means,

- indulgence. - Ah!

- Do you understand? - Yes, I do.

With a benignity, an almost maternal compassion.

Such were the grace and kindness of this young woman.

Come on, let's go to the table.

Sit down here.

Hello.

Meet our new tenant.

Are you joking?

No, I wasn't. Zacharie had to be replaced.

You could have consulted me.

Catherine, you see how we live. Do you think there's a choice?

Well, that's why there are 5 of us in the room.

They could have found someone else, whoever it was.

You're being rude.

Apologize to Etienne.

- Am I the one who should apologize? - Exactly.

- You don't say anything, as usual. - Don't make a fuss, please.

I'm fed up. I'm leaving!

Where are you going?

- I don't want to cause trouble. - No, no, sit down.

He'll get over it.

I'm sorry about that.

I thought you knew that,

that you agreed.

Otherwise, I would not have agreed.

I thought we could be good comrades,

that we could move on,

but if my presence bothers you, I'll leave.

And why would it bother me? Does it bother you?

No.

Then, perfect.

Good night, then.

- Yeah, man! - And what else?

- What are we going to live on? - Thieves!

- It's ridiculous! - Hey, what happens now?

There's a new warning!

Shoring with wood will be paid separately.

- Did I understand it correctly? - What does it say?

Etienne.

From next month, they will pay for the underpinning separately.

For safety reasons, they say.

- What the fuck! - What are we going to live on?

Now they pay two centimes less per wagon.

- What? No! - Impossible!

Two centimes!

- Two centimes is impossible. - What is this mess?!

- That's what I say! - Explain it.

Is this the option you leave us?

Die under the rubble or starve to death?

We want to talk to Hennebeau face to face!

Yes, yes!

- Well said! - That's it!

Have this measure withdrawn immediately!

That's it! Otherwise, we'll stop working!

A strike, Maheu? A strike?

- Yes, a strike! - Stop there a little!

We won't win anything, you know that!

We lost a lot last time. A lot!

It's a pity, but you're right.

If we go on strike, we will starve to death in two weeks...

- and we'll be forced to give in. - We're already starving, don't you think?

- Do you think it can get worse? - We have to prepare for combat.

We must set up a solidarity box.

Of what?

And what is that?

Some workers made it in Lille.

The operation is simple:

we all continue to work...

- and we contribute according to income, so... - Let's see, let's see, speak more clearly.

Contribution means that you continue to work,

but the money is set aside, thus a kind of reserve is formed.

- Every month? - Every month.

When there's enough, you can scare the employer.

- That's a good idea! Yes, good idea! - That's good what you say.

- Frighten the boss! Frighten the boss! Let's see. - Are you idiots or what?

That's nonsense! Nonsense! Besides, you, right?

- It's been two days since you arrived. - It's true.

You don't know who we are, you don't know what we live on. Don't you?

Spend a few years at the bottom of the mine...

and then, afterwards, maybe you'll be able to talk, yes?

I've been slipping away for 10 years. I won't give my money to those who don't work.

Aren't you sick of sliding? Don't you want me to change?

- It's our job, shit! - And you like it a lot? Are you satisfied?

You know what, Souvarine?

- If you're not interested, don't contribute anything. - Then that's it!

- Nobody forces you here. - See?

But if you have any problems, you won't be able to count on the Union.

Don't worry, I won't come here to cry, my friend.

- Don't worry. - Nobody said you're going to cry.

Yes, but,

what if they find out?

- It's like asking to be kicked out. - I know.

That's why it must be our secret.

- Our secret. Geez! - Don't laugh.

Think.

If the bosses don't know it,

if it remains between us,

we may have a chance, it will make a difference.

With a reserve like this, in a few months we can upset the balance,

re-balance the forces.

But let's see, it's just an idea. I'm not forcing anyone...

and even less you, Chaval.

- I don't know, it sounds good. - Something has to be done.

What if we get caught? I can't lose my job.

- It's good, your idea. - Yes, it is.

Thank you.

- That's fine with me. - So do I.

I like your idea, Etienne.

Solidarity in the colony, we know it, don't we?

- Yes, we do. - We do know about that.

Yes, solidarity. Solidarity.

So, women in favor.

Let's go.

Roughly speaking, it's like this: You contribute and you join.

- What do you say? - Oops, no.

No. No.

No!

- No! No! - No, but let us in. It will be

No, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. No, I'm sorry.

- You know we don't have much. - That's all right.

- What counts is to contribute something. - It really doesn't help us very much.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

Thank you very much. This is heroic what you are doing.

And soon you will see that we will be strong to get justice.

Truly, thank you. Trust us, this will be fine.

It's been more than a fortnight and I have it on good authority.

You have created a solidarity box.

That Lantier wants to unionize the whole colony.

They're complaining on reduction of salary...

and they're preparing for a strike, that's for sure.

Is that from a good source?

I guess you don't go shouting the same from rooftops.

It's just that...

Hm?

I have an informant in the colony.

An informant?

May I remind you that it is forbidden for a foreman...

to have a relationship with a miner's wife?

Get lost.

I warn you that anger is going to break out.

We've gone too far.

It'll start all at once, we won't notice.

Lantier, did you say?

Yes, Etienne Lantier. But he's not the problem.

We make them bend their backs and demand more and more from them.

There's bound to be a strike, it's coming.

- And it will have consequences for the mine. - Let's not exaggerate.

A long strike could get us into trouble.

But if it's short,

Think of the advantages:

we would give an outlet to the reserves, which are overflowing.

And we would empty their famous box, before it gets too full.

Let's see,

what did you want to tell me?

Well, I wanted to warn you...

of the rumors from the colony.

They're saying that your parents prostitute you with the new...

- and I don't care, I don't believe it. - What nonsense are you saying?

Are you serious? Don't you have anything else to say?

Wait, Catherine, Catherine, please. I'm sorry.

I think I got it.

What did you understand?

I was wrong.

I didn't realize it.

I thought that's what you'd like, that's what you wanted.

I didn't want to hurt you.

I swear.

And I don't want to lose you.

I don't know how to behave. I don't know how to behave.

I don't know. Maybe you could teach me, right?

We'd be together, but this time for real.

A quiet life, just you, me, the two of us,

If you want to give me a second chance.

Please.

What do you want?

- We've been invited by the director. - Today?

Are you sure?

Yes, sure, Dansaert told us at 1:00 o'clock. It was clear.

Must be a mistake. Well, wait, I'll check.

Looks like the pharmacist is in trouble.

In Marchiennes it is commented. They say that he was selling forbidden products.

Monsieur, at the door there are some miners who say that he invited them.

- Any problems? - No problem.

Some miners who want to inform me about their demands.

On a Sunday?

Then we'll give you our place and I'll serve you lunch.

Please come in. Monsieur Hennebeau will see you.

- Let's see, who will repeat the capon? - I will.

- A little more wine? - Thank you, but no. I'm fine.

I'm fine.

Do you know that Deneulin has asked us for a loan?

It seems that he has a big cash flow problem.

Although we had warned him that it was crazy to invest so much.

Follow me.

Messieurs.

- Lantier is the one in the middle? - That's him.

Well?

Maheu?

Are you the spokesman?

Such a loyal miner.

That's why, Monsieur. That's why I've been chosen.

Because we can't keep score.

Between the bargaining, the reduction of wages...

and underpinning aside,

is impossible.

We would love it to work, but...

But it's too much. It's too much all at once.

That's it? You're done?

Now let me explain my work.

In less than three years,

the company's wells...

have lost 25% of competitiveness in the market.

Do you know how much an American miner costs?

No, I don't.

In some countries they don't hesitate to reduce the cost of production...

by taking labor as a variable. Yes, the economy has globalized.

The challenges are tremendous.

What else do you want us to give you?

We already give everything to the mine: her life, her body, her children.

- And the mine gives you nothing in return? - Very little.

I'd like to pay them all more, too.

But it's not for me to decide.

I am like you, a simple employee. And I tell you that in Paris,

the cooperative and the solidarity fund, it didn't go down well at all.

How do you know about it?

You cannot bite the hand that feeds you.

But you're just like us, Monsieur,

you has no power.

We want to talk to the real decision makers.

It is time for them to see the inhuman conditions in which we live...

and we work every day.

- Inhumane conditions? - Yes, Monsieur.

What exactly is inhumane, young man? To be paid?

To have a roof over your head? To have access to medical care?

Your youth is what upsets you.

You read books you don't understand and you become a pyromaniac.

- Let those who know speak. - What I know, Monsieur!

- Enough of this! - What I know, Monsieur,

is that we have nothing to lose.

So it's very simple:

your measurement on the underpinning,

or remove it...

or we go on strike.

On strike?

I am kind enough to receive them in my own home and you go and threaten me?

I will never give in to blackmail. Do you hear me? Never!

If you want to go on strike, go ahead,

- but get out of here immediately! - Etienne!

Very well.

Close.

It is done.

That was Maheu talking and you opened your big mouth!

What did he give you? Don't we have anything to lose?

- We have children, we have family! - Etienne has spoken well!

Have you seen him in his mansion?! They've everything and we nothing!

And the boy was right.

Hennebeau kept provoking us, we couldn't keep quiet.

No, the problem is not whether we want to strike or not.

The problem is that with the Union we won't hold out.

Besides, now that the company knows this, they will squeeze us to empty out.

Right now, how long could they hold out, 10 days?

It's tough, but you have to get back in the fold and keep working.

You make me laugh.

It's easy for you, behind your bar.

You care more about your business than about our destiny.

That's bourgeois, Rasseneur.

Careful, you'll end up on the sellout side, I tell you.

Sold me?

I've spent 30 years down.

Speak when you can say the same, We are comrades,

- we tell each other things. - We tell each other things?

Then tell them how you got here, and why you had to run away from Lille.

Rasseneur.

The golden spike is not the first time he's made a fuss.

- Rasseneur. - He did the same thing in Lille.

And then he left a man wounded. A policeman or something.

Am I wrong?

Tell me, boy, will you do the same here?

When it gets hot, will you run away like a brave man?

- What's that? - Do you know anything?

Etienne, explain yourself.

Yes, I made a mistake.

But it was self-defense.

It was to defend a comrade, they were attacking us.

And this proves that I'm not doing it for me!

That I'm doing it for you, I have everything to lose!

- If they find me, they'll kill me. - All right, that's enough!

The problem is not Etienne.

The problem is that we have been betrayed.

Hennebeau knew about the solidarity box.

- We couldn't get anything out of it. - Yes, that's true.

That means there's a whistle-blower.

There's a snitch?

It wouldn't be you by any chance?

From the beginning you've been out of the way.

And you have refused to contribute.

Don't you have anything to say?

They don't notice, do they? No.

Can't you see that this bastard is manipulating you? Can't you see that?

Maheu, you tell him. You know I'm not a snitch.

After all this time, at least you know something about me.

Wasn't I always loyal?

I could have left and looked for another job and I didn't abandon you!

Miserable.

I believe Chaval.

He's not a snitch.

Thank you, Catherine.

My time here is up, isn't it?

You're not kicking me out, I'm the one who's leaving.

Go on strike, if it makes you happy.

Starve, if it makes you happy!

I'm not afraid to work!

I'll go to Deneulin or somewhere else. Fuck off!

Yeah, fuck off!

Catherine.

You can come with me.

It's now or never.

Fucking traitor!

- For you, Maurice! - Yeah.

Hey, slow down!

Shit, it's gonna rain.

Stop! Quiet!

These timbers are scary.

Let's fill up the maximum number of cars and go! Let's go!

You go first if you want.

Come on, let's go!

I'll help you.

Go on, go.

Hey, are you all right? Where's Jeanlin?

Jeanlin! Jeanlin!

Jeanlin!

Zacharie, go for the peaks!

Etienne, a peak!

Jeanlin! Jeanlin!

What's the problem with working for a roof?

Eating well?

Enjoying life? No?

What's wrong with wanting to get ahead?

I don't regret it, you know?

Stop! Stop now!

I hear something.

I hear someone here. He's here! He's here! He's here!

- Rest. - What's happened?

What happened? Get out of the way!

What happened?

What happened?!

Jeanlin.

Jeanlin. Jeanlin.

Jeanlin.

Jeanlin, little one, Jeanlin.

I'm here. It's going to be all right, honey, it's going to be all right.

It's gonna be okay, it's gonna be okay. Look at me. The doctor's coming. The doctor is coming.

- This is it. - What? This isn't enough for you?

When are they going to listen to us?

When will they respond to our needs?!

But all this is because they shore up wrong!

- It's not true! - It should be a lesson to them, shouldn't it!

You've got to shore it up more! I've been saying it for weeks and weeks, but no!

The result: a child made mincemeat who will never be able to work again!

I hope they feel proud!

What's in your head?! Beet juice, shit!

Yeah, that's it! Stomp your feet on the ground!

You'd better go home! It won't do any good and you'll get soaked!

I'm here, I'm here.

I am here.

We have to take him to the hospital.

The legs are very bad.

He'll recover, but he'll be lame for the rest of his life.

Cheer up.

If so, there is a strike.

Go out and tell everyone.

Now.

Strike!

Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike!

Let's go.

Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike!

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