The Little Thief
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The Little Thief is a 1988 French drama directed by Claude Miller
. It is based upon an unfinished script by François Truffaut
. Truffaut died before being able to direct the film himself.
and American cigarette
s. She leaves school and goes to work as a maid for a middle-class family. She has an affair with an older married man as well as with a boy of her age, who is also a thief...
Claude Miller
Claude Miller is a French film director, producer and screenwriter.-Career:Claude Miller was born to a Jewish family. A student at Paris' IDHEC film school from 1962 through 1963, Miller had his first practical cinematic experience while he was in uniform, serving with the Service Cinéma de l'Armée...
. It is based upon an unfinished script by François Truffaut
François Truffaut
François Roland Truffaut was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five...
. Truffaut died before being able to direct the film himself.
Plot
In 1950, the 16-year-old Janine lives with her uncle and aunt somewhere in France. She steals everything that she can find, with a preference for fine lingerieLingerie
Lingerie are fashionable and possibly alluring undergarments.Lingerie usually incorporates one or more flexible, stretchy materials like Lycra, nylon , polyester, satin, lace, silk and sheer fabric which are not typically used in more functional, basic cotton undergarments.The term in the French...
and American cigarette
Cigarette
A cigarette is a small roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in a cylinder of thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder may be used as well...
s. She leaves school and goes to work as a maid for a middle-class family. She has an affair with an older married man as well as with a boy of her age, who is also a thief...
Cast
- Charlotte GainsbourgCharlotte GainsbourgCharlotte Lucy Gainsbourg is an Anglo-French actress and singer. After releasing an album with her father at the age of fifteen, more than twenty years passed before she released two albums as an adult to commercial and critical success...
as Janine Castang - Didier BezaceDidier BezaceDidier Bezace, born 10 February 1946 in Paris, is a French actor.-Biography:Theatre student at the International Dramatic University Centre in Nancy, Didier Bezace received lessons from Bernard Drot, Jean-Marie Patte, Gilles Sandier, Maria Casarès and Henri Gourbion.Co-founder with Jean-Louis...
as Michel Davenne - Simon de La Brosse as Raoul
- Clotilde de Bayser as Severine Longuet
- Raoul Billerey as Oncle André Rouleau
- Chantal Banlier as Tante Léa
- Nathalie CardoneNathalie CardoneNathalie Cardone is a French actress and singer. She was born to a Sicilian father and a Spanish mother.-Biography:...
as Mauricette - Renée FaureRenée FaureRenée Faure was a French actress.She was a jury member during the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:...
as Mère Busato - Catherine Arditi as School director