Underplayed Gems

Le Pacte (1910)

Le Pacte poster
Genre
silent film
Country
France
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How it feels

Max is in love with Catherine but her father wants her to marry a banker instead. Max tries to kill himself but cannot go through with it. He pays a man to kill him before midnight, but then learns he has inherited a fortune.

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What happens

Le Pacte est un court-métrage muet réalisé par Émile Boucher en 1910, avec Max Linder. Max aime Catherine, mais le père de celle-ci préfère la marier à un banquier. Max essaye de se suicider sans en avoir le courage. Sa rencontre avec un apache lui donne une idée. Il lui donne 500 francs avec comme contrepartie de le tuer avant minuit. Dans l'intervalle, Max reçoit une lettre lui annonçant qu'il a hérité. Il pourra donc épouser celle qu'il aime. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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