Preceded by Gaumont newsreels of 1913. (A Child of Paris). A full-length feature as remarkable for its technical innovation as for its wondrous plot machinations, involving a bourgeois tot whose kidnapping "in the clutches of the Paris Apaches" (the American release title) takes us from Montmartre to the Riviera. "A still effective thriller...the true star is Perret's naturalistic mise-en-sc?ne and inventive camera placement...As in many of the early Gaumont films, the use of natural light is so radiant it suggests a tactile love for the photographic image." (J. Hoberman, Village Voice) "The film was discovered by the late Henri Langlois who regarded it as 'the most important French feature film of its time'... In its deep-focus location shooting and suggestions of the mysterious in the commonplace, L'Enfant de Paris is worthy of comparison with the best work of Feuillade..." (George Pratt, Filmex)