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Pickpocket

Pickpocket

Crime • NR • 1959 • 1 hr 15 min
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7.2
IMDb
7.5

Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.

Starring

Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Jean Pélégri, Dolly Scal, Pierre Leymarie

Directed By

Robert Bresson

Written By

Robert Bresson

Attributes

SlowDarkWatch By Myself

Genre

CrimeDramaForeign

Release Date

May 20, 1963

User Reviews

Renato
Renato
Michel walked so Travis Bickle could run.
Ben Flood
Ben Flood
It’s an amazing film but a good Bresson film. The story works but it just doesn’t land like L’Argent does for me.
Chuck
Chuck
The pickpocketing scenes are like ballet. It’s kind of a movie about addiction. A little hard to follow at first, but I didn’t feel lost.
Josh
Josh
Disaffected character piece that presents the question of what to do with idle hands and a restless mind. One of the best ever made.
Казимиръ Храбъръ
Казимиръ Храбъръ
Very elegant but the emotionless unprofessional actors create this very weird atmosphere and it gets too much at times
Mr.Etti
Mr.Etti
A slow paced classic french film with some quite amazing sequences
Johan Hermansson
Johan Hermansson
I can't get the beautiful camera work out of my mind
Alan John Gerstle
Alan John Gerstle
Filmgoers may wonder about the fascination of French New Wave. It was its intimacy h& subtlety. Too late for those Hollywood brainwashed.
Ata Alkın Nergis
Ata Alkın Nergis
It isn’t long but it feels very long because of extremely slow pace. It might be an important movie but a hard watch for me.
Stevie Southworth
Stevie Southworth
Not nearly as revolutionary as it wants to be/thinks it is.

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Ratings
27 (5%)
104 (19%)
217 (40%)
196 (36%)
7.2 – Based on 538 ratings
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Cast & Crew

Robert Bresson
Robert
Bresson
Martin LaSalle
Martin
LaSalle
Marika Green
Marika
Green
Jean Pélégri
Jean
Pélégri
Dolly Scal
Dolly
Scal
Pierre Leymarie
Pierre
Leymarie
Kassagi
Kassagi
Pierre Étaix
Pierre
Étaix
César Gattegno
César
Gattegno
Sophie Saint-Just
Sophie
Saint-Just
Dominique Zardi
Dominique
Zardi
Robert Bresson
Robert
Bresson

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