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"La fille du faux monnayeur," or "The Counterfeiters' Daughter," is an amusing Gaumont short that plays out like a 1907 version of an episode of the American TV series "Good Girls." It being about a seemingly ordinary family that's in the business of making fake money and constantly evading the law. The daughter is both complicit in this criminality, including hiding the evidence before a police search, and generous (well, sort of) by giving a bit of the fake money to beggars. A well-paced and unusual glorification of illegal activity for a 1907 film.
Alison McMahan lists this one in her filmography for Alice Guy, but most other sources claim Louis Feuillade as director--a rather frequent confusion given the lack of credits back then. Just based on the criminal subject matter, I would think it more likely it was made by Feuillade, although its family-oriented placement in the domestic sphere is suggestive of Guy's oeuvre, and I suppose it wouldn't be unheard of for two filmmakers working at the same studio to collaborate.
Alison McMahan lists this one in her filmography for Alice Guy, but most other sources claim Louis Feuillade as director--a rather frequent confusion given the lack of credits back then. Just based on the criminal subject matter, I would think it more likely it was made by Feuillade, although its family-oriented placement in the domestic sphere is suggestive of Guy's oeuvre, and I suppose it wouldn't be unheard of for two filmmakers working at the same studio to collaborate.
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- Cineanalyst
- Mar 12, 2021
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