When two poachers kill a game-keeper in the performance of his duties, his titular child tracks them down. Despite their almost killing him, he leads the police in pursuit of the one who flees.
It's largely a chase movie over wild and varied terrain, shot in the wild. Although the copy I looked at was in a bleached-out and low-contrast condition, it's a very well executed film for its year and will doubtless be even more shocking to the modern audience because of the youth and bloodthirstiness of its protagonist -- even though children, in my experience, tend to be bloodthirstier than better socialized adults -- by that I mean older people who have actually grown up.
It's directed by Alice Guy. Madame Guy is usually credited as the first woman director. I say she was the first film director and marvel at the apparent necessity of the distinction.
It's largely a chase movie over wild and varied terrain, shot in the wild. Although the copy I looked at was in a bleached-out and low-contrast condition, it's a very well executed film for its year and will doubtless be even more shocking to the modern audience because of the youth and bloodthirstiness of its protagonist -- even though children, in my experience, tend to be bloodthirstier than better socialized adults -- by that I mean older people who have actually grown up.
It's directed by Alice Guy. Madame Guy is usually credited as the first woman director. I say she was the first film director and marvel at the apparent necessity of the distinction.
