The Impossible Dinner (1904)
- Original title
- Le Dîner impossible
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- France
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A countryman sits down to a tempting dinner but cannot eat because the table, dishes, and chairs keep moving around. After the waiter pulls away the cover, everything flies into the air and breaks apart, leaving the diner astonished.
amusingwhimsicalplayfulsurreallightheartedchaoticmischievousfast-paced
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