---
title: 'Thieves (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'André Téchiné'
released: '1996-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/thieves-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118100/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Thieves (1996)

1996 · 117 min · Drama, Crime, Romance · France

Original title: Les Voleurs

## Synopsis

Thieves is a 1996 French drama film in film noir style, directed by André Téchiné, starring Daniel Auteuil, Catherine Deneuve and Laurence Côte. The plot follows a cynical police officer, who comes from a family of thieves, and a lonely philosophy professor, both romantically involved with a self-destructive petty criminal. With a puzzling structure, the story is told through a series of flashbacks presented from four different perspectives.

## Credits

- **Director:** [André Téchiné](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-techine)
- **Screenplay:** [André Téchiné](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-techine), [Gilles Taurand](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilles-taurand), [Michel Alexandre](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-alexandre)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Philippe Sarde](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-sarde)
- **Producer:** [Alain Sarde](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-sarde)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jeanne Lapoirie](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanne-lapoirie)
- **Editor:** [Martine Giordano](https://cinepixo.com/people/martine-giordano)

## Cast

- [Laurence Côte](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-cote)
- [Benoît Magimel](https://cinepixo.com/people/benoit-magimel)
- [Daniel Auteuil](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-auteuil)
- [Didier Bezace](https://cinepixo.com/people/didier-bezace)
- [Catherine Deneuve](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-deneuve)
- [Ivan Desny](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-desny)
- [Chiara Mastroianni](https://cinepixo.com/people/chiara-mastroianni)
- [Fabienne Babe](https://cinepixo.com/people/fabienne-babe)

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