Even the alabaster composure of late-period Catherine Deneuve made you feel that you were watching a documentary about the Venus de Milo.
Thieves is set in Lyon, the Chicago of France, a tough second city, rude and rattled with traffic.
She makes a pass at Alex, which grows into episodes of harsh, impersonal trysts. In fact, she's not just androgynous but bisexual. When Juliette disappears, Alex looks up Marie and tries to find out more about his missing lover. Indeed, duality is a scheme throughout Thieves . Alex is maybe too intense, too isolated, to be a cop.