Short
France,
1896, 1 min
Plots(1)
This is one of the first films Méliès put in his sales catalogue. What we are watching, however, is essentially nothing more than a clever remake of a similar film by the Lumière brothers. Although we witness an elaborate mise-en-scene, its documentary nature is implicit in its intention to capture – in condensed form and as if incidentally – the ordinary behaviour of card players. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)
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