Overview
- The film opens in France in mid-January to generally favorable early reviews praising careful period detail and a compelling antihero portrait.
- Reda Kateb leads as Jan Bojarski, a Polish-born engineer turned master counterfeiter widely dubbed the “Cézanne of counterfeit money.”
- Critics single out the cat-and-mouse duel with commissioner Mattei, noting strong performances from Kateb and Bastien Bouillon.
- Jean-Paul Salomé says the team replicated Bojarski’s printing machines and workshop after reporting that the originals were buried under a concrete slab in Montgeron.
- Kateb prepared by studying classic French noir and training with printing specialists to authentically perform the character’s meticulous techniques.