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Bob Kick, l’enfant terrible
FRANCE · 1903

Bob Kick, l’enfant terrible

Georges Méliès
magic childhood mischief transformation surrealism
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Synopsis

A boy is led into the frame by two nursemaids who give him a big ball to play with. For the remainder of the film heads appear and disappear, stage props blow up and turn into other objects or people, and finally Bob Kick disappears.

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