Petite voleuse, La (1988)

Regista:

Claude Miller

Writers:

François Truffaut (screenplay) &
Claude de Givray (screenplay) ...

Data di uscita:

settembre 1989 (USA)

Genere:

Drama | Crime | Romance

Slogan:

A Deliciously Sexy Tale Of Love And Larceny.

Plot:

In a small town in post-World-War-II France, an unhappy sixteen-year-old (Janine Castang) tries to escape...

Plot Keywords:

Maid | Thief

Premi:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

Same old same old - French male fantasy

Cast

Charlotte Gainsbourg	...	Janine Castang
Didier Bezace	...	Michel Davenne
Simon de La Brosse	...	Raoul
Clotilde de Bayser	...	Séverine Longuet
Raoul Billerey	...	L'oncle André Rouleau / Uncle André Rouleau
Chantal Banlier	...	La tante Léa / Aunt Léa
Nathalie Cardone	...	Mauricette
Renée Faure	...	La mère Busato / Mother Busato
Catherine Arditi	...	La directrice de l'école / School Director
Gilbert Bahon	...	Le brigadier
Clothilde Baudon	...	Bonnin
Joëlle Bruyas	...	Soeur Marie-Odile
Denise Chiabaut	...	Le médecin / Doctor
Philippe Deplanche	...	Jacques Longuet
Erick Deshors	...	Raymond

Alias:

The Little Thief (USA)
Piccola ladra, La (Italy) [it]

Durata:

France:109 min | USA:105 min (cut version)

Nazionalità:

France

Lingua:

Francese

Colore:

Colore (Fujicolor)

Sonoro:

Mono

Divieti:

USA:R | Iceland:12 | Finland:K-14 | Sweden:11 | Australia:M

Luoghi delle riprese:

Barneville-Carteret, Manche, France

Company:

Orly Films

Movie Connections:

Versione di Quatre cents coups, Les (1959)

Same old same old - French male fantasy

This starts out pretty entertaining. A look into a girls life in France in the late 40s.

But lo and behold, who would have guessed it: after 20 minutes it turns into the number 1 passion of French men: a Lolita fantasy.

Yes, an insecure grown man who is very supposedly married hooks up with a teenage girl... In fact as we all know from decades of French movies this is yet another French man's wet dream brought to the screen. So was Truffaut no different? Too bad.

The girl in this movie seduces the man and that makes it credible, plausible and "proof" that this is not Pedophilia. Well at least we believe it, won't we?

Unfortunately it is just that: Pedophilia. There are lots of gratuitous scenes of the girl wearing lingerie etc. Of course those scenes had to be there. Otherwise we couldn't possibly have followed this deep and meaningful story... Because you know she just happens to be a kleptomaniac and she just happens to love lingerie. So she has to try on what she steals doesn't she? She could have stolen tractors or food but who wants to see her eating a baguette on a tractor, right? Right.

Later on they check into 2 separate hotel rooms as father and daughter. But grandma concierge knows everything ... she doesn't really approve but hey, this is France, he's 40 and she's 16, no problem!

I guess everything is fine - Charlotte Gainsbourg was SEVENteen at the time. Quite old actually to be in a French movie about defloration.

If you are not convinced by the noble intentions now, there are women's prison scenes and cat fights in the movie as well.

So you see, this is really just an innocent and totally non-sexist totally non-speculative totally non-exploitative look into a young girls life.