Klepto (2003)

In Los Angeles, Emily Brown is a kleptomaniac and addicted in pills that misses her father and is having therapy sessions trying to resolve her compulsion. She has a record in the police ... See full summary »

Director:

Thomas Trail

Writers:

Ethan Gross, Thomas Trail

Stars:

Meredith Bishop, Jsu Garcia, Leigh Taylor-Young

Cast

Credited cast:
Meredith Bishop	...	Emily
Jsu Garcia	...	Nick
Leigh Taylor-Young	...	Teresa
Henry Czerny	...	Ivan
Michael Nouri	...	Dr. Cohn
Michael Irby	...	Marco
Kirk B.R. Woller	...	Jeffries
Michael E. Rodgers	...	Sandy Hauser
Mark Chaet	...	Pharmacist
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hannah Castelluccio	...	Female Voice
Teala Davies	...	Shoplifter
Jeff Garvin	...	Jimmy the Store Clerk
Edward W. Gately	...	Voice of Zytrexor
D.J. Harner	...	Banker
Al Israel	...	Watch Salesman

Storyline

In Los Angeles, Emily Brown is a kleptomaniac and addicted in pills that misses her father and is having therapy sessions trying to resolve her compulsion. She has a record in the police for shoplifting, and her mother Teresa is a compulsive shopper. The security guard Nick of the Bernstein's department store sees Emily through a camera and becomes fascinated for her. When Nick gets in trouble dealing ecstasy, he presses Emily to help him in a robber of Bernstein.

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Plot Keywords:

shoplifting | kleptomanic

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

June 2006 (France)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nucleus Films LLC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Emily enters "Bernstein's" department store to retrieve the purple backpack, she passes a sign that clearly bears the Sears logo.

User Reviews

For it's budget....amazingly compelling

I had no idea what to expect going into "Klepto" --- it's one of gillions of low-fi indie films that can be seen for the cost of a Netflix membership and a Web-ready device.

I knew it involved a shoplifter and a disgruntled security guard, so the permutations were going from the start.

I didn't expect the shoplifter, played with a marvelously wizened-sense of "been-there-done-that" by Meredith Bishop, to also be an OCD head case with abandonment issues. I didn't expect her mother to be played by the superb Leigh Taylor-Young, whose specialty seems to be making otherwise small character roles jump from the screen.

In short, the characterizations and acting are what really drives this film. No one is really as simple as you expect them to be...it's not a "this is the good guy and this is the bad guy" type of film. And even though the story kind of went down the alley I thought it would, it still threw me in a very nice way.

If you like well-thought out indie pics, give Klepto a watch. It's 82 minute run-time will fly by.