Thieves
Thieves is a 1996 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring Daniel Auteuil, Catherine Deneuve and Laurence Côte. The plot follows a cynical police officer, who comes from a family of thieves, and a lonely philosophy professor, both romantically involved with a self-destructive petty criminal. With a puzzling structure, the story is told through a series of flashbacks presented from four different perspectives.
Plot
Justin, a boy who is living in a small town in the Rhône-Alpes region, is awaken in the middle of the night. His mother, Mireille is crying and his widower grandfather, Victor, tells the boy that his father, Ivan, is dead. The next day, Alex, Justin's uncle and Ivan's little brother, arrives for the funeral accompanied by a woman, Juliette. Justin notice the tension between people. He takes his father's gun and hides it. The story flashes backward and forward to explain what led up to Ivan's death.
Awards
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author | André Téchiné Gilles Taurand Michel Alexandre |
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award | César Award for Most Promising Actress Prix Michel Simon |
contentLocation | Haute-Savoie |
director | André Téchiné |
editor | Martine Giordano |
genre | crime drama |
keywords | arrest begin big brother crime boss cry housing estate little brother lyon marseille new life psychiatric hospital rhône-alpes shoplift sibling small town write |
musicBy | Philippe Sarde |
nomination | César Award for Best Actress |
producer | Alain Sarde |
theme | lgbt-related |