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Going to Bed Under Difficulties (1901)

Going to Bed Under Difficulties poster
Directed by
Ferdinand Zecca
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
France
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to go to sleep but a series of odd and mischievous events in his bedroom make it difficult. Objects move on their own and the room transforms in strange ways.

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What happens

Une tempête dans une chambre à coucher est un court métrage muet français réalisé par Ferdinand Zecca et produit par Pathé frères, sorti en 1901. Le film est sorti aux États-Unis en mai 1902 sous le titre Going to Bed Under Difficulties, distribué par Edison Manufacturing Company. Vincent Mirabel, dans son livre L'Histoire du cinéma pour les nuls, estime que Ferdinand Zecca a tendance à « faire du neuf avec du vieux » et que dans ce film, « ses visions cauchemardesques ressemblent à du Magritte ». (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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