La Petite Voleuse (The Little Thief) (1988)
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From time to time a deceased novelist or artist is sufficiently revered that, as a form of homage, his disciples will take one of his unfinished projects and attempt to bring it to completion. The screenplay for La Petite voleuse was written by Claude Miller, Luc Beraud and Anne Miller based on a… More From time to time a deceased novelist or artist is sufficiently revered that, as a form of homage, his disciples will take one of his unfinished projects and attempt to bring it to completion. The screenplay for La Petite voleuse was written by Claude Miller, Luc Beraud and Anne Miller based on a scenario co-authored by the late French cinema great Francois Truffaut. It brings a respectful, unsentimental, and unflinching eye to bear on the life of Janine Castang (Charlotte Gainsbourg), a 16-year-old girl beset with antisocial drives due in part to an unpleasant home life. After the Second World War, her mother was made an outcast for consorting with the Germans, and she entrusted Janine to the doubtful care of her milquetoast brother and his highly unsympathetic wife. Janine has a vivid fantasy life, and a problem with kleptomania. After she's caught stealing she's forced to go to work as a maid rather than continue in school. Soon afterward, her romantic nature flowers in a number of new relationships which place new obstacles before her. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Directed By
- Claude Miller
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Art House & International
PG,
- In Theaters
- Dec 21, 1988 Wide
- Studio
- HBO Video
Critic Reviews
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The Little Thief tells this interesting story in a somewhat frustrating way.
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Cast
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Charlotte Gainsbourg
as Janine Castang
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Simon de La Brosse
as Raoul
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Didier Bezace
as Michel Davenne
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Raoul Billerey
as Uncle Andre Rouleau
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Chantal Banlier
as Aunt Lea
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Nathalie Cardone
as Mauricette
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Clotilde de Bayser
as Severine Longuet
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Philippe Deplanche
as Jacques Longuet
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Marion Grimault
as Kebadian
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Erick Deshors
as Raymond
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Remy Kirch
as Pascouette
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Renée Faure
as Mother Busato
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Claude Guyonnet
as Young Priest
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Catherine Arditi
as School Director
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Gilbert Bahon
as Le Brigadier
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Florent Gibassier
as Le Menuisier
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Jacques Herlin
as Le Sacristain
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Pierre Maguelon
as M. Fauvel
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Chantal Neuwirth
as La Fermiere
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Clothilde Baudon
as Bonnin
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Joelle Bruyas
as Sr. Marie-Odile
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Denise Chiabaut
as Doctor
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Annie Legrand
as Hotel Receptionist
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Jacky Nercessian
as Director of Folies de Paris
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Marie-Therese Orain
as La Directrice Pigier
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Sherif Scouri
as Cohen
