L'Assommoir

L'Assommoir

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 21, 1908

Runtime

0h 36m

Genres

Drama

User Score

55%

Original Title

L'Assommoir

Production Companies

Société cinématographique des auteurs et gens de lettres (SCAGL), Pathé Frères

Director

Albert Capellani

Description

Everyman Coupeau's attempts to stop drinking are routinely thwarted by the wicked and vengeful Virginie. Based on Zola's novel, Capellani's film is about the free fall of a group of working-class French folk into degradation and tragedy due to carelessness, jealousy, and alcohol abuse. At the time of its release, L'Assommoir was hugely successful.