Pickpocket
- Original title
- Pickpocket
- Year
- 1959
- Running time
- 75 min.
- Country
- France
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Martin Lasalle
- Marika Green
- Jean Pelegri
- Dolly Scal
- Pierre Leymarie
- Kassagi
- Pierre Étaix
- César Gattegno
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- Music
- Cinematography
Léonce-Henri Burel (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Romance | Heist Film
- 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.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1960: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection
- Critics' reviews
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"A marvel of poise and circumspect emotion from French auteur Robert Bresson."
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"Every image in Pickpocket evokes the director's idea of the soul in transition."
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 52 My Favorite French Movies (59)
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