Pickpocket
1959 · directed by Robert Bresson
- Rating
- 97/100
- Hit
- yes
- Prestige lists
- BFI Top 100, TSPDT 250, Criterion
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.
Pickpocket (1959), directed by Robert Bresson, rates 97/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Martin LaSalle
- Marika Green
- Jean Pélégri
- Dolly Scal
- Pierre Leymarie
- Kassagi
- Pierre Étaix
- César Gattegno
- Sophie Saint-Just
- Dominique Zardi
Crew
- Léonce-Henri Burel — Director of Photography
- Raymond Lamy — Editor
- Robert Bresson — Screenplay
More from Robert Bresson
- A Man Escaped (1956) — 100/100 · hit
- Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) — 100/100 · hit
- Diary of a Country Priest (1951) — 84/100 · hit
- The Trial of Joan of Arc (1963) — 84/100 · hit
- Les Dames du bois de Boulogne (1945) — 82/100 · hit
- Mouchette (1967) — 81/100 · hit
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