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The Cure (1917)
, 30minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Charlie Chaplin, Henry Bergman, John Rand, Albert Austin
Chaplin plays a drunkard who checks into a health spa to dry out, but brings along a big suitcase full of alcohol. Along the way he aggravates a large man suffering from gout, evades him and encounters a beautiful young woman who encourages him to stop drinking. However, when the hotel owner learns his employees are getting drunk off Charlie's liquor, he calls an employee and orders him to have the liquor thrown out the window.
Alcohol (1920)
Directed by Ewald André Dupont, Alfred Lind
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Wilhelm Diegelmann, Georg H. Schnell
A middle-class man falls in love with a woman from a more ordinary background, and they end up working in a variety act where they sink into alcoholism. He then kills another man whom he mistakenly believes is a rival.
Devdas (1928)
, 2hOrigin Inde
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Le film est très probablement perdu mais l'historien de cinéma B.D. Garga rapporte qu'il a été noté à l'époque pour son strict respect de la nouvelle de Sarat Chandra Chatterjee. Elle commence comme suit :
Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931)
, 1h19Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Leslie Howard, Conchita Montenegro, C. Aubrey Smith, Karen Morley, Hale Hamilton, Mitchell Lewis
Dan Pritchard travaille avec son père à San Francisco. Il est fiancé à Maisie, qui ne semble pas très pressée de se marier avec lui. Le capitaine Larrieu, un ami de son père, revient de Polynésie où il a contracté la lèpre. Il confie sa fille Tamea à Dan, avant de se suicider. La jeune femme ne s'habitue pas à la vie américaine. Elle tombe amoureuse de Dan et le convainc de l'accompagner dans son île natale. Dan y devient jaloux de Tolongo, un prétendant de Tamea, et commence à boire avec d'autres occidentaux. Maisie arrive dans l'île et Dan revient à la raison. Ils partent ensemble, laissant Tamea au bras de Tolongo.
Has God Forsaken Africa? (2008)
, 52minutesOrigin Quebec
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, La précarité
Brussels, August 1999. Two teenagers from Guinea are found dead in the landing gear of a plane arriving from Conakry. Each year, thousands of young Africans risk their lives to flee the African continent. Shocked by this phenomenon, the Senegalese-born director Musa Dieng Kala returns to Dakar to try to understand why they do it. He films five young adults seeking to immigrate to the West at any cost reflecting the international indifference, the indifference of the African leaders and a society with no resources.
The Last Deadly Mission (2008)
, 2h4Directed by Olivier Marchal
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, La provence, Films about drugs
Actors Daniel Auteuil, Olivia Bonamy, Catherine Marchal, Francis Renaud, Guy Lecluyse, Gérald Laroche
Louis Schneider is a French law enforcer who serves in the French Judiciary Police Regional Service. He is assigned to detect a serial killer and tries to live up to his superior's expectations. But then it is brought to his notice that a convict called Charles Subra will be released early for he pretends he had found God and he would now deeply regrets his former bad deeds. Schneider doesn't believe any of it. Neither does Justine, whose parents were once murdered by Subra. Justine teams up with Schneider because she knows he brought Subra to justice once before. She hopes he can do it again although he is an alcoholic.
Devdas (1937)
Directed by P.C. Barua
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Phani Sarma, Zubeida
The childhood friendship of Devdas (Phani Sarma) (who is from a wealthy family) and Paro (Zubeida) (whose family is not as well off) blossoms into love as they grow up. Devdas' father does not approve of the relationship due to differences in their families' status in the village and of their castes. (Devdas is of the Brahmin caste and Paro of the Merchant caste.)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
, 2h9Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Children's films
Actors Dorothy McGuire, Peggy Ann Garner, Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Lloyd Nolan, Ted Donaldson
The film covers several months in the life of the Nolans, an Irish American family living in the Williamsburg neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn in 1912. The film is much shorter than the book, which covers the time from before Francie is born until after she turns 16. The film focuses on the time when Francie is around 13 years old.
Café Paradis (1950)
, 1h41Directed by Lau Lauritzen Jr., Bodil Ipsen
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Poul Reichhardt, Ib Schønberg, Ingeborg Brams, Else Højgaard, Karin Nellemose, Johannes Meyer
Something to Live For (1952)
, 1h29Directed by Fred Guiol, George Stevens
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Joan Fontaine, Ray Milland, Teresa Wright, Richard Derr, Douglas Dick, Herbert Heyes
Devadasu (1953)
, 2h56Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution, Musical films
Actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Kommareddy Savitri, Lalitha, Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, M.S.Viswanathan, Surabhi Kamalabai
Devadasu, son of Ravulapalle zamindar Narayana Rao (S. V. Ranga Rao), and Parvati, daughter of his not-so-rich neighbour Neelakantham (Doraswamy) are childhood friends. The zamindar enrolls his son in a boarding school in the city. The grown-up Devadasu (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) returns to the village after his education. His childhood friendship with Parvati now turns into love.
The Proud and the Beautiful (1953)
, 1h43Directed by Yves Allégret
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Météorologie, Films about drugs, Films about viral outbreaks
Actors Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe, Carlos López Moctezuma, Luis Buñuel, Víctor Manuel Mendoza, Michèle Cordoue
Nellie arrive avec son mari malade à Alvarado, village côtier mexicain de la région de Veracruz.. Alors qu'elle cherche un médecin, elle croise Georges, médecin déchu, devenu alcoolique.
Devdas (1955)
, 2h39Directed by Bimal Roy
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Suchitra Sen, Motilal, Nazir Hussain, Iftekhar
Set against the backdrop of rural Bengal during feudal times, Devdas is a young man from a wealthy Bengali Brahmin family in India in the early 1900s. Paro alias Parvati is a young woman from a middle class Bengali Brahmin family, but belonging to a slightly lower status in terms of caste, affluence and status. The two families lived in a village, and Devdas and Paro were childhood friends.
Jacqueline (1956)
, 1h29Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors John Gregson, Kathleen Ryan, Noel Purcell, Cyril Cusack, Tony Wright, Maureen Swanson
Steel worker Mike McNeil's drinking spirals out of control when he loses his job due to vertigo at the Belfast shipyard. But his devoted young daughter Jacqueline vows to help him. She attempts to persuade a tough land-owner to give her troubled dad another chance.
When We Leave (2010)
, 1h59Directed by Feo Aladag
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Feminist films, Films about immigration, La précarité, Films about domestic violence
Actors Sibel Kekilli, Derya Alabora, Tamer Yiğit, Almila Bagriacik, Florian Lukas, Ayla Arslancan
Umay (Sibel Kekilli) lives with her husband Kemal (Ufuk Bayraktar) and son Cem (Nizam Schiller) in the suburbs of Istanbul. Kemal has regular violent outbursts against both his wife and son. Umay’s longing for her home and parents in Berlin finally overwhelms her. She packs up her things and flees her life and marriage in Istanbul.