RenaultSeguin la fin

Between 1931 and 1993 the main Renault plant occupied the whole of an island in a loop in the river Seine to the west of Paris This was one of the most modern factories in Europe It was also a bastion of tradeunionism one of the major hotspots of the events of May and June 1968 Decugis film records a process of dismantlement monthbymonth from April 2004 to March 2005 Demolition began at the downstream end with the generating plant then proceeded building by building The camera remains on the opposite banks filming the island from across the river The narration pinpoints and expounds on what is being shown By March 2005 deconstruction is complete Depollution lasts into 2006