The Shoplifters

The Shoplifters

2019 · 69 min · ★ 7.5 · Comedy

A series of tableaux depicting the follies of a group of naïve Marxist would-be radicals who think that they want to be revolutionaries, but in the final analysis, what they really want is to be seen wearing berets.

Directed by Joe Wakeman · Written by Joe Wakeman

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