The Little Thief (1988)
- Starring:
- Charlotte Gainsbourg, Simon de la Brosse, (more)
- Director(s):
- Claude Miller
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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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 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, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Charlotte Gainsbourg - Janine Castang
- Didier Bezace - Michel Davenne
- Chantal Banlier - Aunt Lea
- Clotilde de Bayser - Severine Longuet
- Marion Grimault - Kebadian
- Remy Kirch - Pascouette
- Claude Guyonnet - Young Priest
- Denise Chiabaut - Doctor
- Marie-Therese Orain - La Directrice Pigier
- Annie Legrand - Hotel Receptionist
- Gilbert Bahon - Le Brigadier
- Chantal Neuwirth - La Fermiere
- Jacques Herlin - Le Sacristain
- Simon de la Brosse - Raoul
- Raoul Billerey - Uncle Andre Rouleau
- Nathalie Cardone - Mauricette
- Philippe Deplanche - Jacques Longuet
- Erick Deshors - Raymond
- Renée Faure - Mother Busato
- Catherine Arditi - School Director
- Sherif Scouri - Cohen
- Jacky Nercessian - Director of Folies de Paris
- Joelle Bruyas - Sr. Marie-Odile
- Pierre Maguelon - M. Fauvel
- Clothilde Baudon - Bonnin
- Florent Gibassier - Le Menuisier
- Director(s):
- Claude Miller
- Writer(s):
- Luc Beraud, Annie Miller, Claude Miller
- Producer(s):
- Daniel Chevalier
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Questionable for Children, Adult Situations, Adult Language)
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