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Pickpocket

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1959
1h 15m
French
Crime, Drama
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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.
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Cast

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Martin LaSalle
Marika Green
Jean Plgri
L'inspecteur principal
Dolly Scal
La mère
Pierre Leymarie
Pierre taix
Accomplice 2
Kassagi
1er complice
Csar Gattegno
Un inspecteur
Sophie SaintJust
Dominique Zardi
Directed By: Robert Bresson
Written By: Robert Bresson (Screenplay)

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soonertbone says...
2 months ago
Bresson is like Wes Anderson to me: he continues to go back to the same formalist well, time and again, and leaves me cold nearly every time. Still, I appreciated this one more than most Bresson--I particularly loved the filmmaking in the scenes featuring the art of the pickpocket. There's a beautiful fluidity in the editing that was fun to watch. LaSalle has as much personality as you can expect from a Bressonian lead, which is some backhanded praise I suppose, but I enjoyed it.
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The_Argentinian says...
2 years ago
Because of its reputation as a masterpiece of cinema, I had huge expectations. I just didn't think it was all that compelling. The acting is just awful. And I don't even speak French. I'll watch it again with the audio commentary on. Maybe I'll appreciate it more.
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eldifusor
12 years ago
First Bresson film for me.

It is unsettling to watch this film after years of watching "movies."

Pickpocket felt like an anti-movie and after delving into reviews and a summary of Bresson style it reinforces that reading.

This fact makes this a very difficult movie to watch.

Non-actors h More
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CinemaSerf
2 years ago
Martin LaSalle is really quite effective here as the small time pickpocket ("Michel"), who just about manages to get by, from day to day, wearing the same suit and living in his one room garret where even the door doesn't lock. He spends his time with friend "Jacques" (Pierre Leymarie) with both tak More
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