Le Mozart des pickpockets (2006)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Philippe Pollet-Villard

Writer:

Philippe Pollet-Villard (writer)

Release Date:

15 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Short | Comedy | Crime

Plot:

Richard and Philippe live hand to mouth, backing up a gang of Spanish pickpockets on the streets of Paris...

Plot Keywords:

Arrest | Pickpocket | Cinema | Trick | Purse

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 6 wins

Cast

Matteo Razzouki-Safardi	...	L'enfant
Philippe Pollet-Villard	...	Philippe
Richard Morgiève	...	Richard
Samir Guesmi	...	Ahmed, le réceptionniste
Emiliano Suarez	...	Max
Jean Sarguera	...	Pickpocket 1
Jean Camaccio	...	Pickpocket 2
Fatima Halassi	...	Angry Woman
Suzanne Wognin	...	Angry Woman
Ludovic Pinette	...	Bowling Policeman
Mathieu Suzanne	...	Cheesed-off Policeman
Jean Bailloux	...	Policeman in Van
Thibault De Lussy	...	Tourist
Lionel Robert
Marcel Roger
François Bureloup

Directed by
Philippe Pollet-Villard

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Philippe Pollet-Villard		writer

Produced by
Antoine Gandaubert	....	associate producer
Fabrice Goldstein	....	producer
Antoine Rein	....	producer

Original Music by
Flemming Nordkrog

Cinematography by
Philippe Piffeteau

Film Editing by
Cyril Nakache

Casting by
Valerie Espagne

Production Design by
Jérémie Streliski

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stephen Gregory	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Elsa Bandelier	....	assistant art director
Elsa Bandelier	....	property assistant

Sound Department
Vincent Piponnier	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Michel Anglio	....	grip
Sarah Boutin	....	video technician
Pierre Antoine Conan	....	electrician
Vladimir Duranovic	....	key grip
François-Xavier Le Reste	....	chief electrician
Arnaud Marchand Saint Martin de Veyran	....	electrician

Casting Department
Camille Brunat	....	casting assistant

Production Companies

• Karé Productions
• Canal+ (participation)
• Adami (participation)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• Procirep (participation)
• Angoa-Agicoa (participation)

Also Known As:

The Mozart of Pickpockets (International: English title) (literal title)

Runtime:

France:31 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | Spanish

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Karé Productions

Movie Connections:

References Le petit lieutenant (2005)

Comic criminals

Two Paris losers are enlisted by a gang of Gypsy pickpockets to impersonate cops in order to get them out of tight situations. All does not go according to plan though and the thieves are arrested by real police before the counterfeit cops can step in. Stuck with a mute child of the gang they at first attempt to lose him when they discover he turns out to be a more adept thief than his entire jailed family. With their prodigy they soon become wildly successful robbing billfolds and pocket books from movie patrons across Paris.

This energetic short film is a comic walk on the low life side filled with able performances and deadpanned humor. The hapless leads are well developed in the film's brief running time and tight editing keeps the story moving along. Things get a little excessive at the end as our thieves flush with success conspicuously run through the streets with armloads of booty before they arrogantly trip themselves up in a bowling alley but all in all it remains in keeping with the spirit of this light hearted film about thievery.