The Good Luck of a "Souse" (1908)

Original title

Il y a un dieu pour les ivrognes

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

4 min

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short silent film is about a drunkard whose family avoids harm through a series of lucky events. These coincidences help him stop drinking.

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What happens

The Good Luck of a "Souse" (French: Il y a un dieu pour les ivrognes) is a 1907 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. The film, of which only a fragment is known to survive, centered on a drunkard whose family is saved from violence, and who finally is able to give up his alcoholism, thanks to a series of happy accidents. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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