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Bookmark this pageThe Thief of Saint Lubin (1999)
Director: Claire Devers
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From Time Out Film Guide
A powerful, unshowy account of a single mother who finds that her job no longer puts food on the table for the kids, and ends in court charged with shoplifting. Her case becomes a political cause célèbre for the far right (she considers welfare to be charity), but the film exposes the opportunism of her supporters, and digs out a complex understanding of cause and effect. If it starts in Ken Loach territory, this admirable work ends closer to the world of Abbas Kiarostami.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Claire Devers
Producer: Gilles Sandoz
Cast: Dominique Blanc, Denis Podalydès, Michèle Goddet, Chantal Neuwirth, Serpentine Teyssier, Yves Verhoeven, Gérard Giroudon full cast
Duration: 72 mins
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