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The Failure (1911)

The Failure poster
Directed by
D. W. Griffith
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
18 min
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man loses his job and his girlfriend and turns to drinking in seedy bars. There he meets a woman who is also down on her luck, and she helps him find his footing again.

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What happens

The Failure è un cortometraggio muto del 1911 diretto da D.W. Griffith. Un uomo perde tutto, lavoro e fidanzata, finendo con l'andare a ubriacarsi nei locali più sordidi. Lì conosce una compagna di sventura, una donna senza futuro come lui. Lei lo aiuta a riprendersi e, alla fine, l'uomo si rende conto di come la giovane sia un punto fermo cui aggrapparsi per salvarsi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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