STEALING ANGEL

Maria works as a cleaner, care giver, cook and counsellor for several seniors in her neighbourhood. She’s beloved and trusted. So, it’s easy to sneak in a few personal items on to their bills, even to help herself to a pre-signed cheque… It’s not easy to make ends meet, and for the most part she’s channeling the extra funds into piano lessons for her grandson, who will be competing for a scholarship soon. Of course, it’s only a matter of time before her thievery is discovered. But the fall-out is not so predictable… 

VIFF 

• Over the course of a short hour and forty minutes that flows as gently as a peaceful summer, the characters experience stories of love and heartbreak, quarrel and then reconnect, admit their faults and make amends. In short, nothing spectacular happens, except life in all its banal and beautiful aspects… It is always good to revisit this humane cinematic space.
  François Lévesque, Le Devoir
  From VIFF

• Marseille director Robert Guédiguian returns to L’Estaque, the original stronghold of his cinema, with this light-hearted social comedy-drama that brings both joy and tears.
  Broadway Cinematheque 

• A beautiful fable, distilled in music and grace and light.
  Le Monde
  From VIFF 

• The beauty of the gesture lies in its anti-spectacular approach – direction stripped to the purest form – yet effective, swiftly gripping the audience without ever treating them lire mere tourists
  Premiere
  From the Press section of Playtime (distributor of the film in France) 

• Festival du Film Francophone de Grèce Greece, 2025 Panorama 
• Festival de Málaga Spain, 2025 Mosaïque – Panorama International 
• Festa del Cinema – Rome Italy, 2024 Grand Public