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Sign reads "Bar Absinthe." (0:05)

Bohemian writer Christian tells us, "Unfortunately the unconscious Argentinian suffered from a sickness called narcolepsy." Do the glasses of green liquid atop a piano represent Absinthe? (0:06, 1:22)

Ice water is poured over sugar cubes on glasses of Absinthe.
Christian: "I would taste my first glass of Absinthe." Christian drinks, followed by the others. The label from a bottle of Absinthe flashes on the screen. The green fairy (La Fée Verte) talks to him, flies off the label, sings and dances. (0:10)

A glass of absinthe sits on a table (0:14, 0:16)

Brief shot of a hookah. (0:40)

A sign on the side of a building reads "Absinthe Fée Verte." (0:43)

Artist Toulouse-Lautrec drinks Absinthe. (1:18, 1:22)

Atress Satine dies in Chrisian's arms. He mourns. (1:56)

Absinthe | Bereavement | hookah | Narcolepsy