![L'Assommoir](https://i3.wp.com/image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9SdpzXZEnoB0EAn9oU3cIxUjgwA.jpg)
Plot
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.
Writer | Émile Zola |
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Director | Albert Capellani |
Actor | Alexandre Arquillière, Jacques Grétillat, Jacques Varennes |
Country | France |
Production | Société cinématographique des auteurs et gens de lettres (SCAGL) |