L'Assommoir

Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Albert Capellani

Status Released

Release Date 1908-12-21

Storyline

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.