The Mark Of The Day

In a settlement in the northern mining country The Marles Bréhard and Gohelle families wake up and prepare for a new day at work The young engineer Larzac newly appointed to the mine will soon oppose the authoritarian and conservative methods of his superior Dubard Georges Gohelle would like to marry Marie Bréhard but housing difficulties thwart their plans Brezza a Polish immigrant who must return to his country would like to hate his marriage to Louise Gohelle Roger Maries little brother has just turned 14 He does not want to go down to the mine as his elders have always done He will however have to resign himself to it Marles evokes for him the social struggles of 1906 Roger is injured during a landslide In front of his family and his friend Marles who had come to the hospital he announced his decision to continue his profession Larzac invited to the Marles reveals that he refused a quiet position at the Charbonnages de Paris He too stays