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Movie poster: The Good Luck of a 'Souse' (1907)
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The Good Luck of a 'Souse'

1907 · 3 min Drama
4.3 / 10 · TMDB

This film from George Melies is sadly one that's only available in fragments. The film starts off with a title card stating that a drunk man has just thrown his family out a window. We see a couple of them landing on the ground and then we go back to the room where the drunk is now trying to kill himself.

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Original Title Il y a un dieu pour les ivrognes
Year 1907
Country France
Genre Drama
Director Georges Méliès
Runtime 3 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.3/10 (9 votes)

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Méliès constructs this drama on the contrast between domesticity and sudden violence, relying on minimal means to create a shock. His editing functions as a blow, severing the characters' lives as abruptly as the plot itself.

What lingers after viewing is not entertainment, but a heavy immersion into the theme of irreversibility, where even the film's fragmented state becomes a metaphor for a shattered family. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Georges Méliès

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In subdued light, thoughtfully, as an artifact of early cinema.

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