Unclear narrative (the man with the model guillotine?) leaves the scene setting as the strongest element of this medium length narrative, the last of Epstein's silent shorts.
Starting with a tent show where the fakir reads cards and warns Ferté (La GLACE A TYROIS FACES), we get into the story of visiting his mother Perrot in rural Livilliers - stacking the hay, piglets. In the morning the gendarmes take him away arrested for the murder of the banker boss of his fiancée Dhélia (regular star of the films of Roudés).
Images of the fair with its blow up skirt side show attraction and night time lights, contrasts with the city traffic and parked bicycles, visible through the open bank door to make the piece a nice record of the time.
Generally well filmed, even with its group of out of focus close ups.
The copy on the Cinémathèque Française Henri site is sharp and runs at the right speed though it's captions are in French.
Starting with a tent show where the fakir reads cards and warns Ferté (La GLACE A TYROIS FACES), we get into the story of visiting his mother Perrot in rural Livilliers - stacking the hay, piglets. In the morning the gendarmes take him away arrested for the murder of the banker boss of his fiancée Dhélia (regular star of the films of Roudés).
Images of the fair with its blow up skirt side show attraction and night time lights, contrasts with the city traffic and parked bicycles, visible through the open bank door to make the piece a nice record of the time.
Generally well filmed, even with its group of out of focus close ups.
The copy on the Cinémathèque Française Henri site is sharp and runs at the right speed though it's captions are in French.
