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