Guilty Love Is Backdrop in French Film on Nuclear Nomads’ Plight
Source: Bloomberg
When Gary Manda takes a job as an itinerant nuclear worker in southern France, he has no idea what it means to get a “dose.”
Gary, played by Tahar Rahim in Rebecca Zlotowski’s new film “Grand Central,” finds out soon enough. Also starring Lea Seydoux and set at an atomic reactor with its ticking Geiger counters and vigorous shower scrub-downs, the movie, in addition to being a steamy love triangle featuring two of the biggest young stars in French cinema, is the first feature film about the country’s “nuclear nomads.” That’s the term used for workers hired by contractors of Electricite de France SA (EDF) for repairs and maintenance at its 19 plants.
For France, which gets three-quarters of its electricity from nuclear energy -- the most in the world -- the film provides a rare glimpse into the plight of the 20,000 itinerants who move between sites, often living in campsites and doing the jobs the utility’s employees shun.
“The reaction has mostly been one of shock,” said Claude Dubout, a nuclear contractor who advised Zlotowski for the film. “People seem to think nuclear reactors are run by engineers in suits who sit in control rooms. I tried to ensure that from a technical point of view there were no errors, that it accurately reflected this world that is unknown to the general public.”
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