Everyone is a thief in this film; don't pay for the goods emotional or physical. A psychological film on the need to take love where we can, things where we can because money is in the main excrement in the world excreted from one person to another. Deneuve sums the need for money in a car scene which is quite brilliant as she is talking to a thief who takes. This is our world and we are all involved in theft in one way or another, as deep down it is a love/ hatred towards sexual obsessions and objects, to have, then pass them on. As one reviewer said it is not a ' family ' film, and the acting is up to Techine's high standard. The consequences of crime reminded me of French crime films of the 1950's ( Gabin etc ) and the studies of each character interesting to watch. The only scene that did not convince was Deneuve having her first Lesbian relationship. She acted it well, but the kiss ( a bit blurred or was it my eyesight ) was total fake. I give it an 8 because for once in his films I found it too clever and too contrived. Snow features quite a lot; coldness of the heart, the cold thrill of stealing and the human heart too emotionally divided. Look closely at the scene where Deneuve collapses, and while she is unconscious Auteuil steals her face by taking a photo of her.
Review of Thieves
