Pickpocket
by Robert Bresson1h151959France
Recommended byMartin Scorsese, 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
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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
- Réalisateur : Robert Bresson
- Scénario : Robert Bresson
- Directeur de la photographie : Léonce-Henri Burel
- Décors : Pierre Charbonnier
- Costumes : Luce Scatena
- Montage : Raymond Lamy
- Producteur : Agnès Delahaie
- Société de production : Agnès Delahaie Productions
- Ayant droit : MK2
- Ingénieur du son : Antoine Archimbaud
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Year of production : 1959
- French release date : 16 décembre 1959
- Category : Long métrage
- Color : Noir et Blanc
- Language : Français
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