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This story is set in the north of France, in particular in Roubaix and Tourcoing. Here, textiles were king and dominated the world market for decades. This film looks back at the history of a leading family of wool merchants, wealthy and secret, the kind the region knew how to produce so well, and the history of its workers. We discover the multiple strategies used for decades by this family to optimize its capital and the consequences on the fate of employees: fortune for one, misfortune for the others.

France - 2008 - 52 mn - HD • 16/9 - Colour

Director Gilles Balbastre Writer Gilles Balbastre Camera Alberto Marquardt, Patrice Jan Sound Baptiste Charvet, Philippe Fabbri Editing Véronique Lagoarde-Ségot Music Jean-Christophe Lannoy

Production Point du Jour, 23, rue de Cronstadt, 75015 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 7544 8080 E-mail : h.defremont@pointdujour.fr Co-Production France 5

Sales Doris Weitzel Point du Jour International, Doris Weitzel, 23, rue de Cronstadt, 75015 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 75 44 80 80 E-mail : d.weitzel@pointdujour.fr