THE LITTLE THIEF La Petite voleuse In association with Titra Film Paris 1989 French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award for Best Film Drama/Crime/Romance France, 1988 In French with English subtitles Digibeta/Mono/103 min Directed by: Claude Miller Written by: François Truffaut, Claude de Givray Adaptation and dialogue: Luc Béraud, Annie Miller, Claude Miller Cinematography by: Dominique Chapuis Editing by: Albert Jurgenson Music by: Alain Jomy Produced by: Claude Berri, Daniel Chevalier,Jean-Louis Livi, Alain Vannier Production Company: Orly Films, Renn Productions, Ciné Cinq, Les Films du Carrosse, Sédif Productions International Sales : Roissy Films 58, rue Pierre Charron 75008 PARIS Tel. 00.33.1.53.53.50.74 www.roissyfilms.com Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg (Janine Castang), Didier Bezace (Michel Davenne), Simon de La Brosse (Raoul), Clotilde de Bayser (Séverine Longuet), Raoul Billerey ( Uncle André Rouleau), Chantal Banlier (Aunt Léa), Nathalie Cardone (Mauricette), Renée Faure (Mother Busato), Catherine Arditi (School Principal), Gilbert Bahon (Police officer), Clothilde Baudon (Bonnin), Joëlle Bruyas (Sister Marie-Odile), Denise Chiabaut (Doctor), Philippe Deplanche (Jacques Longuet), Erick Deshors (Raymond) Starring award-winning actress/singer Charlotte Gainsbourg (Antichrist, I’m Not There, The Science of Sleep) as Janine Castang, a rebellious teenager in Post WW II France, The Little Thief is adapted from an unfinished François Truffaut script. Janine lives an unhappy life in a small French village, and expresses her anger by compulsively stealing anything she can get her hands on. Forced to leave the village for stealing from the church, she goes to the city and finds a job as a maid. But her untamed energy leads her down the criminal path again, as she meets and falls in love with fellow thief Raoul (Simon de La Brosse, Pauline at the Beach (COL•COA 2010), Betty Blue). A graduate of L’IDHEC film school, CLAUDE MILLER started his career as assistant director to Robert Bresson, Jacques Demy and Jean-Luc Godard. While serving as production manager for François Truffaut (1968 to 1975), he wrote and directed two short films, La Question ordinaire (1969) and Camille ou La comédie catastrophique (1971), both presented at the Cannes Directors Fortnight. After a much-noticed debut feature The Best Way to Walk (1976), he turned to thrillers, with This Sweet Sickness (1977), adapted from a Patricia Highsmith novel, The Grilling (1981), César award for Best Screenplay and Deadly Circuit (1982). His subtle portraits of childhood and psychological torment have won critical acclaim: Louis Delluc award for L’Effrontée (1985), Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival for La Classe de Neige, International Critic’s Prize at the 2000 Berlinale for Of Woman and Magic (COL•COA 2000) and, most recently, Grand Prix des Amériques at the 2007 Montreal World Film Festival for A Secret (COL•COA 2008). Claude Miller taught film at Columbia University, the City College of New York and the School of Visual Arts in 2003 and was also a guest lecturer at VCU Arts Cinema in Richmond, VA in 2008.