Le petit voleur

France

1999

63 Min

Color

1.66:1

French

Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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SCR Virginie Wagon, Erick Zonca

DP Pierre Milon, Catherine Pujol

CAST Nicolas Duvauchelle, Yann Trégouët, Jean-Jérôme Esposito, Martial Bezot, Jean-Armand Dalomba, Jo Prestia, Ingrid Preynat

San Sebastián (New Directors), Karlovy Vary (Forum of Independents), Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema), Locarno (Piazza Grande), London, Rotterdam (Main Programme), San Sebastián (Cutting Edge of French Cinema), San Francisco (Short Films)

Synopsis

S., an apprentice baker in a country town, leaves his father’s bakery after a violent argument. That evening, he spends the night with Laura, a young waitress. While she is sleeping, he steals all her saving. This marks the start of life for a small-time thief and his gang: murder and transformation. –Films Distribution

Director

Erick Zonca

Erick Zonca (born September 10, 1956, in Orléans, France) is a French film director, best known for his critically acclaimed, award-winning 1998 feature film debut The Dreamlife of Angels. The film won the Best Actress award at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. His first films were the shorts Rives (1992), Eternelles (1995), and Seule (1997). Zonca’s second feature was Le Petit Voleur (The Little Thief) (1999). His most recent, Julia (2008), based on John Cassavetes’ 1980 movie Gloria, starred Tilda Swinton and was shot in California and Mexico. —Wikipedia