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Synopsis
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

Cast

Chantal Banlier Aunt Lea
Didier Bezace Michel Davenne
Raoul Billerey Uncle Andre Rouleau
Nathalie Cardone Mauricette
Simon de la Brosse Raoul
Philippe Deplanche Jacques Longuet
Erick Deshors Raymond
Renée Faure Mother Busato
Charlotte Gainsbourg Janine Castang
Marion Grimault Kebadian
Claude Guyonnet Young Priest
Remy Kirch Pascouette
Clotilde de Bayser Severine Longuet

Production Crew

Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko Art Director
Dominique Chapuis Cinematographer
Alain Vannier Co-producer
Claude Berri Co-producer
Alain Jomy Composer (Music Score)
Catherine Bouchard Costume Designer
Jacqueline Bouchard Costume Designer
Claude Miller Director
Albert Jurgenson Editor
Jean-Jose Richer Executive Producer
Joel Lavau Makeup
Daniel Chevalier Producer
Claude de Givray Screen Story
Annie Miller Screenwriter
Claude Miller Screenwriter
Luc Beraud Screenwriter
Claude de Givray Short Story Author
Claude de Givray Short Story Author
Gerard Lamps Sound/Sound Designer
Paul Lainé Sound/Sound Designer
Guy Trielli Special Effects
Jean-Francois Cousson Special Effects
Nella Barbier Stunts
Year: 1989
Runtime: 108
Country: France
MPAA Rating: PG
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Color type
Fujicolor

Produced by
Ciné Cinq
CNC
Films du Carrosse
Orly Films
Renn Productions
Societe d'Exploitation ed de Distribution de Films

Release
August 25, 1989 (USA)
by AMLF

Awards
1989 - Best Foreign Film - National Board of Review