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L'assommoir
L'assommoir
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7 Ratings

L'ASSOMMOIR

Directed by Albert Capellani
France, 1909
Silent, Short, Drama

Synopsis

Gervaise Macquart, Provençale from Plassans, joins her lover Auguste Lantier in Paris. Very quickly, Lantier leaves her and runs away with Virginie. The two women fight violently at the washhouse. A few months later, Coupeau, a lifelong friend, proposed to Gervaise to marry him.

Synopsis

Gervaise Macquart, Provençale from Plassans, joins her lover Auguste Lantier in Paris. Very quickly, Lantier leaves her and runs away with Virginie. The two women fight violently at the washhouse. A few months later, Coupeau, a lifelong friend, proposed to Gervaise to marry him.