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7.3Michel 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.
Released: 1959-12-1675 minDir: Robert BressonCrime, Drama
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Cast
- Martin LaSalle as Michel
- Marika Green as Jeanne
- Jean Pélégri as Lead Inspector
- Dolly Scal as The Mother
- Pierre Leymarie as Jacques
- Kassagi as 1st Accomplice
Themes
- prison
- france
- unsociability
- pickpocket
- modern society
- materialism
- black and white
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Based on
- Crime and Punishment
- Director
- Robert Bresson
- Screenwriter
- Robert Bresson
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Producer
- Agnès Delahaie
- Cinematographer
- Léonce-Henri Burel
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Duration
- 75.0
- FilmAffinity ID
- 620299
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1959-12-16
- title
- Pickpocket
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- different from
- Xiao Wu
- review score
- 9/10
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
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