''Stolen Life'' (original title: ''Voleur de vie'') is a 1998 French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed and co-written by

Yves Angelo Yves Angelo (born 22 January 1956) is a French cinematographer, film director and screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as ...

and starring

Emmanuelle Béart Emmanuelle Béart (born 14 August 1963)
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and

Sandrine Bonnaire Sandrine Bonnaire (; born 31 May 1967) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter who has appeared in more than 40 films. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for '' À Nos Amours'' (1983), the César Award for Best Actre ...

. It is based on a novel by Icelandic author

Steinunn Sigurðardóttir Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (born 26 August 1950) is an Icelandic poet and novelist. She finished her university studies in 1972 with a BA in psychology and philosophy at University College Dublin. Since then, she has worked as a journalist for ...

Plot

Cast

Emmanuelle Béart Emmanuelle Béart (born 14 August 1963)
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as Alda *

as Olga *

André Dussollier André Dussollier (born 17 February 1946) is a French actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the ...

as Jakob *

Vahina Giocante Vahina Giocante (born 30 June 1981) is a French actress. Career As ''Marie'' in '' Marie Baie des Anges'' (1997), she is among a group of young wanderers who become enmeshed in love, hate, and violence on the French Riviera. In 1999, she appe ...

as Sigga * Éric Ruf as Yann *

André Marcon André Marcon (born 6 July 1948) is a French actor. In 1980 he starred in '' Le Voyage en douce'' directed by Michel Deville. Selected filmography * '' Le Voyage en douce'' (1980) * '' Stolen Life'' (1998) * '' Peau d'Ange'' (2002) * '' The P ...

as Steindor *

Bulle Ogier Bulle Ogier (born Marie-France Thielland; 9 August 1939) is a French actress and screenwriter. Career She adopted the professional surname Ogier, which was her mother's maiden name. Her first appearance on screen was in ''Voilà l'Ordre'', a s ...

as The woman in cemetery * François Chattot as The father * Rudi Rosenberg as Peter *

Nathalie Richard Nathalie Richard (born 6 January 1963) is a French actress. Life and career Richard was born in Paris, France. As a child, Nathalie Richard practised dance and ice-skating.Anne Diatkine« Nathalie Richard. La veilleuse de nuit » ''Libératio ...

as Yann's wife

References

External links

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''Stolen Life'' at AllMovie
* 1998 films 1998 drama films 1990s French-language films French drama films Films directed by Yves Angelo Films based on Icelandic novels 1990s French films {{1990s-drama-film-stub