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The Children Thief (1991) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1991 · 110 mins · French
- Directed by
- Christian de Chalonge
- Starring
- Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Ángela Molina, Virginie Ledoyen, Mathieu Bisson, Cécile Pallas
A former Argentine colonel, now an affluent exile in 1925 Paris, lives with his childless wife by caring for orphaned children in their mansion, treating them as his own. Their tranquil routine is disrupted when a stage magician brings his striking daughter into the household, awakening romantic tensions among the boys and the colonel himself.
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