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- 1996
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 57 m
- 1996
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 57 m
Summary The fates of four different people - a thief, a cop, a female professor of philosophy, a suicidal girl - unexpectedly collide.
Directed By: André Téchiné
- 1996
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 57 m
- 1996
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 57 m
Thieves
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Summary The fates of four different people - a thief, a cop, a female professor of philosophy, a suicidal girl - unexpectedly collide.
Directed By: André Téchiné
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
12% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
79
88% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
12% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Coming on the heels of Ma Saison Preferee, Thieves suggests that Techine is filling the void left by the deaths of Truffaut and Louis Malle, and ought to be considered his country's finest humanist filmmaker.
Thieves doesn't have the Hollywood kind of ending, where everything is sorted out by who gets shot. It is about the people, not their plot. It is about how the sins of the fathers are visited on the sons, and the grandsons.
Thieves further assures Techine's place in the front rank of international filmmakers. [27 Dec 1996, p.F2]
The movie has something of treasure to offer us: two great screen actors, connecting magically. Why show an unconvincing world of crime, incest and violence when, with Deneuve and Auteuil, you can open up a richer world of intellect and thwarted desire? [27 Dec 1996, p.C]
The cumulative effect in Thieves is quite haunting.
Techine has long been a cerebral director (counting Roland Barthes among his admirers), and Thieves certainly steals your complete attention. It's just that, when the picture is over, our involved mind can't resist a concluding thought: Somehow, the theft is more impressive than the compensation. [31 Jan 1997, p.C5]
The story offers more fast-moving intrigue than heartfelt emotion, but star performances by Daniel Auteuil and Catherine Deneuve lend it additional depth. [27 Dec 1996]
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Production Company
Canal+,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
D.A. Films,
Les Films Alain Sarde,
Rhône-Alpes Cinéma,
Studio Image,
TF1 Films Production
Release Date Dec 25, 1996
Duration 1 h 57 m
Rating R
Tagline C'est important d'avoir un ennemi, c'est meme vital.
Awards
César Awards, France
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Acteurs à l'Écran
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
