What age is The Money Maker (L'Affaire Bojarski) appropriate for?

12 alone, 11 with a parent; 12 in France. The whole movie, watched in full: what's in it, and how to talk about it with your child.

Why is The Money Maker (L'Affaire Bojarski) not recommended under 12?

What's in it: a wounded man and an interrogation; rifles, jump scares and tears; swearing, cigarettes and wine. The detail, fact by fact, is in the zinema guide, which reads the work itself (images, sound, dialogue).

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The Money Maker (L'Affaire Bojarski): what age is it for? 12 alone, 11 with a parent

12 alone, 11 with a parent.

Movie · 2026 · 2 h 08 · history, drama, crime

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The trailer

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not yetwith an adult, or to talk about afteralonethe sweet spot

Alone from 12; from 11, with an adult or by talking about it afterwards.

The sweet spot: around 13-15, when you like true stories of craftsmen outside the law, and understand what civil status is. Why a sweet spot?

In France, zinema would say 12.

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What it's about

A Polish engineer relocates to France and becomes a legendary counterfeiter. Working solo, he crafts flawless fake francs worth millions over 14 years, earning the nickname "Cézanne of counterfeit money" for his artistic skill and output.

Why 12

A wounded man and an interrogationNear the end, a wounded man is questioned by the police, who promise him the hospital in exchange for his boss's name; blood for almost a minute, screams. Earlier, a laboratory accident is recounted.
Rifles, jump scares and tearsWeapons pointed during the war, many jump scares, some thirty seconds of tears, including a birth and farewells. A suggested bed scene at the start, nothing shown.
Swearing, cigarettes and wineAbout fifteen swear words, cigarettes in every period scene, wine at the table.

What the movie brings

The true story of an undocumented man who makes perfect banknotes because the state refuses to recognise his inventions.
A post-war France where refugees have no civil status: an injustice children understand.
A craftsman's film: we see how a fake banknote is made, plate by plate.

Watching it together

Before

Say beforehand that the film is slow and technical, and that the ending includes a scene of injury and interrogation.

After

at 12 and up

Bojarski makes fake banknotes because he is not allowed to file his patents: is that an excuse?

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The latest guides

A zinema reading from September 20, 2026 · the whole movie, watched in full · the age by zinema's rules for the US and France, and a human reading · report an error · how this guide is made