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TAKING ACTION Cinematographer Xavier Dolléans reveals how he approached lensing a modern adaptation of Émile Zola’s classic novel about class struggles and the coalminers’ strike in northern France in the 1860s.  “French novelist Émile Zola was a master of description, so his book – and Julien Lilti’s script – which our production is based on is abundant with detail; from atmosphere, smells and colour through to textures and lighting,” says cinematographer Xavier Dolléans about his central source … Read more