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Pauvre John ou les Aventures d’un buveur de whisky
FRANCE · 1907

Pauvre John ou les Aventures d’un buveur de whisky

Georges Méliès
alcoholism hallucinations sightseeing intoxication surrealism
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Synopsis

John, who loves the bottle a little too much, is one of a group of sightseers. Too drunk to follow the party, the reeling drunkard remains on the site of a ruin where he starts having hallucinations.

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