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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786301930604 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 6301930606 Label: HBO Home Video Languages: Manufacturer: HBO Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: HBO Home Video Release Date: June 23, 1998 Running Time: 108 minutes Studio: HBO Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 1989-09 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: A project developed by the late François Truffaut but left unrealized by him after his death, The Little Thief was completed by French filmmaker Claude Miller (The Accompanist) and partially revised in script form by several writers. The result is a slight hodgepodge of story ideas about an adolescent girl (a strong performance by Charlotte Gainsbourg) intrigued by adult mysteries, anxious to lose her virginity, and dabbling in petty crimes until she is caught by the law. After a somewhat rocky first act, the film settles into a strong groove and begins to feel very much like Truffaut in his prime. The poignant and witty (if somewhat abrupt) introduction of the idea of the heroine rediscovering the world through a camera lens--and being saved from her wayward existence by the discovery--can't help but make fans of the New Wave pioneer misty-eyed. A good movie, full of ghosts and sweet memories. --Tom Keogh Average Rating:
 Rating: - The last Opus of Truffaut!Pitifully the death came for him, leaving so this project, unfinished. Claude Miller decided to assume the challenge to materialize the script and filmed this poignant story. Maybe the film has notorious lows; its poetic inspiration does not reach a continuous development and demerits the final result. It is absolutely necessary to watch previously 400 blows, because the approach is strongly enriched and supported by this vision. I guess Truffaut intended to ... Read More Rating:  - Truffaut's homage to cinema itselfTruffaut's interesting look at a girl coming of age in the year 1950. She is 16, from a poor family (her mother has run off to Italy leaving her with an aunt and uncle to raise her), and she involves herself in petty thievery to get the things she dreams about from seeing them in the movies. She is in a big hurry to grow up, especially sexually. She becomes a maid and starts an affair with a much older married man; she also meets a boy closer to her own age and starts a relationship with him, ... Read More Rating: - La Petite Voleuse (original title)I really liked this story, maybe because it was filmed in my home country and it reminded me of a lot of places and memories. It is the story of a country girl who was orphaned by war. She becomes a depraved adolescent who is forced to survive on her own. She takes a job as a maid, but she is not a really good one! One can easily understand why : she is a "thief"! She simply has never learned other values than the ones she created for herself. This certainly explains in part why she likes ... Read More Rating: - Truffaut's "Unfinished Symphony" Beautifully RealizedMore so than most directors, Francois Truffaut drew on his personal experiences (e.g., "400 Blows") in crafting cinematic tales of the pain and pleasure of growing up. "The Little Thief" began as a script idea of Truffaut's in the 1950s, but had never been realized at the time of his untimely death, in 1984. Janine (Charlotte Gainsbourg) is a 15-year-old girl, growing up poor in postwar France. Janine is in a hurry to grow up. But to Janine, who survived as a street urchin during the Nazi occupation, growing ... Read More Rating:  - It has its moments...Charlotte Gainsbourg is excellent as the "little thief". However, I found the movie a little boring. Till the end I waited for something to happen... and nothing did... It's somewhat interesting as a character study though, and the film has its moments. Francois Truffaut wrote the screenplay (original). |
