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Also known as Le Jardinier (The Gardener). One of several short films of this title. An example of the type of comic "connection device" used in many "cinema of attraction(s)" films of the early silent era.
On other versions of this film, see:
Jane Gaines, "Early Cinema’s Heyday of Copying: The Too Many Copies of L’Arroseur arrosé" Cultural Studies Vol. 20, nos. 2 - 3 (May 2006): 227 - 244.
Compare with the 1922 Chinese film "Laborer's Love" (Laogong zhi aiqing):
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