PICKPOCKET
synopsis
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...
original title: | Pickpocket |
country: | France |
year: | 1959 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Robert Bresson |
film run: | 76' |
release date: | FR 16/12/1959, DE 06/1960, IT 31/08/1960, UK 1960, PL 1962, FI 30/03/1967, ES 01/12/1967, SE 25/11/1977, DK 05/08/1983, GR 01/09/2005, PT 26/08/2018 |
screenplay: | Robert Bresson |
cast: | Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Jean Pélégri |
cinematography by: | Léonce-Henri Burel |
film editing: | Raymond Lamy |
art director: | Pierre Charbonnier |
producer: | Agnès Delahaie |