Ten years before ,"Le Banquet Des Fraudeurs " dealt with a similar subject.
Back to the fifties "The European Union is set up with the aim of ending the frequent and bloody wars between neighbors, which culminated in the Second World War. As of 1950, the European Coal and Steel Community begins to unite European countries economically and politically in order to secure lasting peace. The six founders are Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands." At the end of this early sixties movie,a gendarme hints at the European Union and at the fact that there won't be any borders pretty soon.
Although it is about smugglers,"Filles De Fraudeurs" is close to melodrama nay fairytale.These dishonest men hide their stuff in old Mazier's café in which it is written in capital letters:"this domicile is inviolable.
Mr Mazier's first wife died and left him with a virtuous girl ,Francine;alas,he married again ,with a shrew who treats her stepdaughter like Cinderella ;besides she had herself a daughter, a perverse unscrupulous venal bitch (Betty Beckers whose playing was strongly influenced by those of Ginette Leclerc and Vivianne Romance) ;all she wants is to get out of this seedy place and head for the broader horizons of Paris where they made chic shoes .Fortunately for Francine,like Snowwhite ,one day ,her prince came :these naive smugglers mistook him for one of their "colleagues" ,but 1) he is handsome 2) he is smiling and nice 3) he is dressed up to the nines 4) he takes Francine-Cosette to the fair .When his real role is revealed at the end of the movie,your belief needs to be suspended :he was featured in the screenplay to assure a happy end .
