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FRANCE · 1907

La Douche d’eau bouillante

Georges Méliès
European Art Cinema burglary home invasion slapstick comedy hiding and evasion domestic chaos
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Synopsis

Fun film from French master Georges Melies has a couple burglar's breaking into a man's home and having to hide when that man returns. Instead of a trick film or something that he's known for, the director really changes gears here and instead delivers what's basically an action movie.

Year1907
CountryFrance
DirectorGeorges Méliès
MovementEuropean Art Cinema
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