Pickpocket
by Robert Bresson1h151959France
Recommended byMartin Scorsese, Claire Simon, Chantal Akerman, Pascale Ferran, Luc Moullet, Agnès Varda, Raymond Depardon, Lodge Kerrigan, Atom Egoyan, Todd Haynes, François Ozon, Catherine Corsini, Corneliu Porumboiu, Paul Vecchiali, Caroline Link, Thomas Arslan, Agnieszka Holland, Paul Schrader, Nicole Garcia, Elia Suleiman
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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.
Credits
- Production Compagny : Agnès Delahaie Productions
- Distributor : MK2
- Director : Robert Bresson
- Scenario : Robert Bresson
- Editing : Raymond Lamy
- Sound Recorder : Antoine Archimbaud
- Photo Director : Léonce-Henri Burel
- Set Decoration : Pierre Charbonnier
- Costume Design : Luce Scatena
- Producer : Agnès Delahaie
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1959
- French release date : 16 décembre 1959
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : French
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