Les Voleurs
aka Thieves First screened in January 1997 / Most recently screened in May 2016
Director: André Téchiné. Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Laurence Côte, Julien Rivière, Catherine Deneuve, Benoît Magimel, Didier Bezace, Fabienne Babe, Ivan Desny, Régis Betoule, Naguime Bendidi, Pierre Perez, Didier Raymond. Screenplay: André Téchiné, Gilles Taurand, and Michel Alexandre. Twitter Capsule:
Noir plot in elegant, subtle style. Structurally adventurous and sexually ambiguous. Novelistic in the best sense.
VOR:④
Easy to undervalue if you associate strong direction with conspicuous stylization. Proves that mysteries can be intricately plotted and understatedly played. Great for writing students.
