L'Assommoir (1909)
- Directed by
- Albert Capellani
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 36 min
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This silent drama follows a working class woman whose life unravels due to poverty and alcoholism. Based on Emile Zola's novel, it shows the downward spiral caused by drink and hardship in 19th century Paris.
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What happens
L'Assommoir (English: The Drinking Den) is a 1909 French drama film directed by Albert Capellani, adapting the eponymous 1879 play by William Busnach et Octave Gastineau, itself based on the 1877 novel by Emile Zola. It is the first French feature-length film and the second produced by the Société cinématographique des auteurs et gens de lettres (SCAGL) [fr] (English: Cinematographic Society of Authors and Writers). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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