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Klepto (film)

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Klepto
Klepto DVD cover
Directed byThomas Trail
Written byThomas Trail
Ethan Gross
StarringMeredith Bishop
Jsu Garcia
Leigh Taylor-Young
Henry Czerny
Distributed byMagnolia Pictures
Release dates
  • March 5, 2003 (2003-03-05) (Cinequest Film Festival)
  • April 18, 2006 (2006-04-18) (United States)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Klepto is a 2003 straight-to-DVD independent thriller film starring Meredith Bishop and Jsu Garcia. It is the debut film of director Thomas Trail and premiered at the 2003 CineVegas Film Festival.

Plot

In Los Angeles, Emily Brown is a kleptomaniac who is addicted to pills and misses her jailed father, and is undergoing therapy trying to resolve her compulsion. She has a police record for shoplifting, and her mother Teresa is a compulsive shopper. The security guard Nick, of Bernstein's department store, sees Emily through a camera and becomes fascinated with her. When Nick gets in trouble dealing ecstasy, he presses Emily to help him rob Bernstein's.