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Through the Mill
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Through the Mill

2018-02-07 · 91 min · ★ 4.9

History · Drama · TV Movie

Long live the strike! Lucie Baud, one of the pioneers of the women's movement, went with creativity, fighting spirit and the power of singing against the weapons of male-dominated capitalist society in nineteenth-century France. The film, based on true events, describes the ambitious fight of a silk moth. She stood up for the rights of the female working class to end maltreatment and oppression once and for all. For the revolution in women's rights, she even put her family back and fought to the end for their beliefs.

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Directors
Gérard Mordillat
Production companies
JPG Films, ARTE
Countries
France
Status
Released

Top Cast

Virginie LedoyenVirginie LedoyenLucie Baud
François CluzetFrançois CluzetPierre Baud
Philippe TorretonPhilippe TorretonCharles Auda
François MorelFrançois MorelÉmile Morel
Marc BarbéMarc BarbéDuplan
Patrice ValotaPatrice ValotaVictor Renard
Jacques PaterJacques PaterLengliney
Alain PralonAlain PralonLéon Paris
Yan EpsteinYan EpsteinLe rat
Jean-Damien BarbinJean-Damien BarbinAbbé Salamito
Lorraine MordillatEmilie
Victorien LiesseJoseph
Marianna GranciTitina
Esther BastendorffSoeur Marie-Euphroidisie
Nadège RivoireMadeleine

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