![]() ![]() Though it is shot on a sound stage, it looks authentic and very much like an actual street market, particularly when you look at the background of every single shot and angle. I’d describe the setting as a European street market in the 1930s or ’40s. What I admire is the production value on display throughout the short. ![]() I did think it could have gone an extra minute to hit specific points or let the story breathe a bit more, but that’s quibbling. ![]() The Little Thief is a very brief tale, and Roder and Broeck efficiently tell the story of children and guilt. “He looks around at his mother and the shopkeeper and lifts the very item that caught his eye…” No one saw him do it, and he gets away with it, but did he really? He looks around at his mother and the shopkeeper and lifts the very item that caught his eye, a kidney bean. No one would know, right? Taking place long ago, the thief of the title is a young boy walking through an open market with his mother. It’s only three minutes long, and no shortcuts were taken.Īs a child, I can relate to walking through a store and wanting something so badly that I considered lifting it. That’s my first impression of director András Roder and screenwriter Nicole Vanden Broeck’s The Little Thief. Just because you’re making a short film doesn’t mean it has to be small. ![]()
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