Film

The Children Thief

1991 · 1h 50m · Drama

IMDb

5.9

Although he was once a colonel in Argentina, the principal character in this film is now a wealthy exile living in Paris with his beloved wife, who has been unable to bear children. To fill this void in their lives, he feeds and clothes abandoned children, raising them in his mansion as if they were his own. As would never be the case in real life today, in this fantasized story set in 1925, no one objects to this behavior, and they live pleasantly and enjoyably together. Things grow considerably more animated when a stage magician places his very attractive daughter in the colonel's household, which stirs a lively romantic interest from his boys and from the great man himself.

Marcello Mastroianni

Bigua

Ángela Molina

Desposoria

Michel Piccoli

Mr. Armand

Virginie Ledoyen

Gabrielle

Loïc Even

Joseph

Nada Strancar

Rose

Cécile Pallas

Antoine's mother

Gabriele Tinti

L'argentin 1

Mathieu Bisson

Simon

Daniel Martin

Massimo Giuliani

Caspar Salmon

Benjamin Doat

Nicolas Carre

Adrien Canivet

Benjamin Bernard

• Christian de ChalongeDirector
• Dominique GarnierWriter
• Jules SupervielleNovel
• Luis MéndezProducer
• Bernard ZitzermannDirector of Photography
• Lluís LlachOriginal Music Composer

Release date

September 25, 1991

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Drama