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Comment les pauvres mangent Paris (1910)

Also known as How the Poor Eat in Paris

1910 · Silent film · 4 min

  • Documentary
  • Short

Synopsis

"How the Poor Dine in Paris," or "How the Poor Eat in Paris," is an early or proto-documentary from Pathé that documents just what it says: poor people shop for or retrieve food from, as the title cards indicate, "near the market hall, the cutlet seller, the leftovers from the large restaurants, and meals in the barracks." They're, then, shown eating the food, sometimes in inserted medium shots. The picture concludes with a title card reading, "He who sleeps forgets his hunger," and a supposed…

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Details

Released
1910-11-05
Original title
Comment les pauvres mangent à Paris
Running time
4 minutes