The Turning Point (1909)

电影

国家/地区: 英国
类型: 剧情, 短片
上映日期: 1909-08-04
导演: N/A
编剧: N/A

语言: English
演员: N/A
片长: 分钟
奖项: N/A
又名: The Turning Point (英国)

剧情简介: John, a temperate young farmer, is a dutiful husband and fond father of a sweet little girl. He is first seen at breakfast In the heart of his happy family which consists, in addition to his wife and daughter, of his old father and mother. The meal finished we next see John industriously working in the fields with a group of other men. His companions are wont to refresh themselves often during the day by the use of spirits, which they secure from a peddler who brings a small keg to them in the fields. John at first refuses to drink but becomes the object of several slighting remarks because of this, and finally after some persuasion is tempted into \"taking just one drink.\" The flavor and the stimulation please him. He indulges in another glass and soon becomes enamored of the possibilities of pleasure in the \"flowing bowl.\" We next see him with a group of rakish companions at the village inn. Several drinks make him forgetful of the little family at home and some time is spent in boisterous songs and stories. Unaccustomed to drinking John is soon too intoxicated to leave with his companions. He falls into a drunken slumber with his head upon the drinking table. Now comes to his poisoned mind a dream which makes this hour a turning point in his life and forever cures him of the desire to feel the apparent joys of the habitual drinker. In his dream he sees his happy family; into their presence he finally staggers in a beastly state of intoxication. The amazed and frightened wife gently remonstrates with him, but is abused by harsh word and finally brutally beaten. Crazed by drink he hurls his baby from his way and unheeding the reproaches and entreaties of his old father he carries on his orgy by further drinking. He sees the heartbroken wife and frightened child flee from the farm. He watches them as they struggle painfully along a public road, suffering for want of food and care. Then the unhappy mother sinks dying beside the road and the heartrending sobs of the little girl over the body of her only friend rouses him for an instant from his horrible dream. He attempts to throw off his drowsiness and the horror of his dream, but the wine is still too potent in his body and he again falls asleep. Now he sees his life grow even more degraded. The home once so happy becomes the stage of an awful drama. He sees his feeble father trying to draw him away from his mad career of drinking. Unable to influence him for good the father reproaches him with his unworthy conduct. Stung by the rebuke and crazed by alcohol he grasps the old man\'s throat. He sees his father\'s struggles and death. He then sees his own arrest and the hours of labor spent in prison for his crime; sees himself one of a crew of low criminals working under guard in a stone quarry, planning with the associate outlaws for escape. He watches attempted flight, the pursuit by the guards, the solitary guard following him through the forest, the final hand to hand struggle between himself and the officer who overtakes him, a struggle in which he is pierced through the brain with a bullet and in awful agony dies. John awakes greatly agitated, and observing before him the table covered with empty bottles knows he has made the first step in a path which may lead him through the very scenes and among the awful tragedies he has just watched in his dream. With a strong effort of will he throws off, to an extent the effects of the liquor and makes his way to his home where the family are most anxiously awaiting his already tardy return. He describes to his wife the events of the afternoon and his horrible dream. He then expresses his firm determination never to touch the poisoned cup again and to live only for his family\'s and his friends\' good.
IMDB:tt4276900
1909,电影,英国,剧情,短片,

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