The little thief
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The little thief |
| Original title | La petite voleuse |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 109 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Claude Miller |
| script | François Truffaut , Claude de Givray |
| production | Claude Berri , Jean-Louis Livi , Jean-José Richer , Alain Vannier |
| music | Alain Jomy |
| camera | Dominique Chapuis |
| cut | Albert Jurgenson |
| occupation | |
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The Little Thief is a French film directed by Claude Miller from 1988. Charlotte Gainsbourg plays the leading role .
action
France in the 1950s. Since her mother left her, 16-year-old Janine lives with relatives in a small French town. She compensates for the lack of love and security by stealing everything from cigarettes to high-quality clothing. After school she slips into a different life, swaps her clothes for silk stockings and pumps and passes the time in the cinema with romantic films. When she is caught stealing several times, she drives to a big city in Provence and takes the job of a maid there. There she met the 40-year-old family man Michel at a movie evening and began an affair with him. Her life seems to get a new direction at first, until she meets the petty criminal Raoul, whom she surprises during a break-in. Janine persuades Janine to steal from her employer and run off to the sea with the money they share. There they enjoy a brief period of amorous happiness before Janine, who is now pregnant, is denounced as a nudist by a farmer and arrested by the gendarmerie .
In a reformatory for girls, she meets the self-confident Mauricette and escapes with her. She rejects the idea of an illegal abortion and opts for her child. In her hometown, however, she finds no support, so she sets out to find a new and better life.
music
The title and closing melody is the scout song “Dans la troupe”, sung by a classical choir.
criticism
film-dienst 9/1989: “Sensitively staged and in the leading role superbly played initiation story of a young woman, behind whose rebellion lies the search for identity and security. Based on an original script by François Truffaut, the film congenially enlivens the moods of Truffaut's works without becoming plagiarism. "
Awards
- 1989: Syndicat Français de la Critique de Cinéma - Best French Film
- 1989: César for the best film poster, three further nominations (director, leading actress - Charlotte Gainsbourg, screenplay)
literature
- Claude Miller, Francois Truffaut: La petite voleuse (texte et documents), French reading for the 4th year of learning, upper level, Klett, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 978-3-12-598412-7 (French).
Web links
- The Little Thief in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The little thief. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .