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Mélancolie ouvrière

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.

Top Cast

  • Virginie Ledoyen

    Virginie Ledoyen

    Lucie Baud

  • François Cluzet

    François Cluzet

    Pierre Baud

  • Philippe Torreton

    Philippe Torreton

    Charles Auda

  • François Morel

    François Morel

    Émile Morel

  • Marc Barbé

    Marc Barbé

    Duplan

  • Patrice Valota

    Patrice Valota

    Victor Renard

  • Jacques Pater

    Jacques Pater

    Lengliney

Overview

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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