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Le Rêve de l’horloger
FRANCE · 1904

Le Rêve de l’horloger

Georges Méliès
dreams clockmaking magical realism labor and craft female apparitions
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Synopsis

A weary clock-maker dozes off in a chair. While he is asleep, three women suddenly appear in the midst of his shop. They proceed to show the sleeping clock-maker some new kinds of clocks that they know how to make.

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