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Le Voleur

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1hr 59min
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1967
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Synopsis: Louis Malle directed this light comedy about crime and class in the City of Light. Georges Randal (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a young man living in Paris at the turn of the century who is due to inherit a considerable fortune. However, his uncle, who is acting as his guardian, manages to spend Georges' money before he ever gets a chance to see it. Georges is also deeply in love with Charlotte (Geneviève Bujold), his cousin, and wants to marry her; however, the same uncle has promised her hand to another, ... Full Synopsis
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Produced, following Viva Maria!, as the second half of a two-picture contract that United Artists extended to Louis Malle, this 1967 adaptation of Georges Darien's epic period novel suffers from a massive central structural flaw, from which it never recovers. By positing their entire story of a risk-loving fin-de-siècle thief as a protracted flashback, co-scripters Malle and Jean-Claude Carrière -- ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Georges Randal
Genevieve Delpiels
L'Abbe La Margelle
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