Plot Summary:Absinthe looks at the history of the famous and controversial alcoholic drink. It looks at how it is created and prepared. It examines the drinks popularity in Western Europe especially among artists. It also looks at the legality of the drink in the United States and its growing popularity there.
This documentary reveals the fables, facts and famous people linked to the illicit concoction invented in 18th-century Switzerland. Favored by artists and others in the cafés of Paris, the drink was outlawed in some locales but never vanished.