Pickpocket
1959·France·75 min.
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Michel takes up picking pockets as a hobby, and is arrested almost immediately, giving him the chance to reflect on the morality of crime. After his release, though, his mother dies, and he rejects the support of friends Jeanne and Jacques in favour of returning to pickpocketing (after taking lessons from an expert), because he realises that it's the only way he can express himself.
DirectorRobert Bresson
ScreenwriterRobert Bresson
MusicJean-Baptiste Lully
CinematographyLéonce-Henri Burel
CastMartin Lasalle·Marika Green·Jean Pelegri·Dolly Scal·Pierre Leymarie·Kassagi·Pierre Étaix·César Gattegno
Original titlePickpocket