AU VOLEUR

France
2009
96 minutes

A discreet thief and a frustrated teacher fall for each other and she follows him when he has to run away from the police. Sumptuously handled and photographed, this stylized combination of road-movie and romantic drama evoking Badlands or Breathless looks like two films awkwardly combined into one, but there's a real filmmaking talent shining underneath. The last performance by actor Guillaume Depardieu, who died in October 2008, after the shooting was completed.

An Eastwest Film Distribution (int'l)/Shellac (in France) release. A Les Films Hatari presentation/production, in co-production with Le Studio Orlando, with the participation of Centre National de la Cinématographie, with the support of Région Île-de-France and Région Alsace, with the participation of Canal Plus and Cinécinéma.
Starring Guillaume Depardieu, Florence Loiret-Caille; with the participation of Jacques Nolot; and Fejria Deliba.
Directed by Sarah Leonor; produced by Laetitia Fèvre and Michel Klein; written by Ms. Leonor and Emmanuelle Jacob; director of photography (Eclair), Laurent Desmet; production designer, Brigitte Brassart; costume designer, Marie Cesari; film editor, François Quiqueré.
Screened: IndieLisboa film festival advance DVD screener, Lisbon, April 17th 2010.

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