The Children Thief

Le Voleur d'enfants

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.

Screenplay

Dominique Garnier

Music

Lluís Llach

Novela

Jules Supervielle

Director

Christian de Chalonge

Status

Released

Release date

25/09/1991

Original language

French