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The Waiter's Dream

1910 · 5 min

A hushed café drifts into a strange, hand-drawn hallucination that unsettles more than it amuses.

Directed by
Émile Cohl
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Overview
Four customers are having a peaceful game of cards in a quiet café. The atmosphere being heavy, the waiter falls asleep and has an unsettling dream about the ills of alcohol, among other things.

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Directed by
Émile Cohl
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • madness
  • guilt
Places
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour4
Realism2
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

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Genres
animation, comedy, fantasy
Directed by
Émile Cohl
Runtime
5 min
Country
France
Languages
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