The Little Thief (1988)
La Petite Voleuse
109 min
In a small town in post-WWII France, 16-year-old Janine tries to improve her conditions by any means necessary. Three people—Michel, a married lover; Raoul, a fellow thief; Mauricette, a photographer she meets in prison—will help her learn from her mistakes.
- Release date
- May 4, 1989
- Country of origin
- France
- Box office
- $1,055,416
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Cast
- Charlotte Gainsbourg as Janine Castang
- Didier Bezace as Michel Davenne
- Simon de La Brosse as Raoul
- Clotilde de Bayser as Séverine Longuet
- Raoul Billerey as Rouleau
- Chantal Banlier as Léa
- Nathalie Cardone as Mauricette
- Renée Faure as La Mère Busato
- Catherine Arditi as La directrice école
- Pierre Maguelon as M. Fauvel
- Gilbert Bahon as Le brigadier
Crew
- Claude Miller · Director
- François Truffaut · Writer
- Claude de Givray · Writer
- Claude Miller · Writer
- Luc Béraud · Writer
- Claude Berri · Producer
- Jean-Louis Livi · Producer
- Alain Vannier · Producer
- Alain Jomy · Composer
- Dominique Chapuis · Cinematographer
- Albert Jurgenson · Editor
- Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko · Production designer