from Fox Searchlight Pictures
Directed by
Neil
Jordan
Starring
Nick
Nolte (Bob Montagnet)
Ralph
Fiennes (Tony Angel)
Tcheky
Karyo (Roger)
Emir
Kursturica (Vladimir)
Said
Taghmaoui (Paulo)
Gerard
Darmon (Raoul)
Quassini
Embarek (Said)
Nutsa
Kukhianidze (Anne)
Mark
Lavoine (Remy)
Jason
Flemyng
Ryan
Phillippe
Written by
Neil
Jordan
Rated: 
(for language, sexuality, drug content and some violence) |
 Inspired
by the Jean Pierre Melville classic BOB LE FLAMBEUR, THE GOOD
THIEF is a clever caper rich with deception and duplicity. Bob
Montagnet (NICK NOLTE) lives in the twilight zone of the Nice
underworld - a seedy universe blurred by drugs and gambling binges.
A casino heist, with the help of his two accomplices Raoul (GERARD
DARMON) and Paulo (SAID TAGHMAOUI) might be his only chance to
double down.
Bob's friendship with cop Roger (TCHEKY KARYO) is stretched
to breaking point, and his relationship with club owner Remi
(MARC LAVOINE) is destroyed when Bob attempts to protect Anne
(NUTSA KUKHIANIDZE) from the life of prostitution Remi has pre-ordained.
The gang of 'experts', including security genius Vladimir (EMIR
KUSTURICA), who Bob hand-picks to execute his two-timing fraud
are sucked into the gambler's vortex of fantasy and dreams with
both comic and tragic results, especially for "Judas"
drug-dealing Said (OUASSINI EMBAREK). The Good Thief also features
RALPH FIENNES as art dealer and fence Tony Angel.
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