L'Assommoir (movie)
- User score: 5.5
- Production country: France
- Producer: Albert Capellani
- Production companies: Société cinématographique des auteurs et gens de lettres (SCAGL), Pathé Frères
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 12/21/1908
- Run time: 36 min.
Movie 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.
