Plot
Since its opening in 1882, the Paris Bourse du Travail (Labor Exchange) has remained a nerve center of the labor movement. Once a hotbed of revolutionary syndicalism, and now a meeting place for the main labor federations, history is etched into the walls of the Bourse. It is from the rooms bearing the names of illustrious figures—Eugène Varlin, Fernand Pelloutier, Jean Jaurès, Léon Jouhaux—that historians (Jean Bruhat, Bernard Georges, Jacques Julliard, Jean Maitron, Madeleine Reberioux, Denise Trintant) and the Bourse's general secretary, Jean Braire, have sought to bring to life a century of social history. The general secretaries of the five major labor federations (André Bergeron, Jean Bornard, Edmond Maire, Jacques Pommateau, Georges Seguy) discuss the origins of the Bourses du Travail, but also address the present and the future.
Trailer
Cast
Jean Braire
Self
Jean Maitron
Self
Bernard George
Self
Madeleine Rebérioux
Self
André Bergeron
Self
Edmond Maire
Self
François Mitterrand
Self (archive footage)
Georges Séguy
Self
Jean Bruhat
Self
Jacques Julliard
Self
Denise Tintant
Self
Jean Bornard
Self
Jacques Pommatau
Self
