The Money Maker
Jan Bojarski, a young Polish refugee in post-war France, built banknotes in a garden shed that came out truer than the ones leaving the Banque de France — a double life kept from his own family for more than fifteen years.
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Synopsis
In post-war France, Jan Bojarski, a young Polish refugee, became the greatest counterfeiter of all time, the “Cézanne of counterfeit money”. For more than fifteen years, this man led a double life, unbeknownst to his family, making counterfeits in a garden shed that were “truer” than the bills issued by the Banque de France… All these years, this peerless counterfeiter managed to avoid being caught by the police, and became the bête noire of Commissaire Mattei in a hunt that, for these two obsessives, turned into a duel.
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Jan Bojarski, a young Polish refugee in post-war France, built banknotes in a garden shed that came out truer than the ones leaving the Banque de France — a double life kept from his own family for more than fifteen years. The film shapes that career into a long duel with Commissaire Mattei, two obsessives circling one another while ordinary domestic life carries on none the wiser. Craft, deception and pride make an irresistible combination, and a two-hour runtime lets the cat-and-mouse stretch out properly.
Anyone with a taste for period crime built on process and personality rather than gunfire will find this a treat. Expect an unhurried pace, the pleasure of watching a specialist work, and a pursuit that turns almost intimate as the years pile up. It suits an evening when you want something absorbing and adult, closer to character study than caper. A strong pick for admirers of European true-crime drama.
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