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1959

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Starring	Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Pierre Leymarie
Director	Robert Bresson
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

Pickpocket

Inspired by Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment', Robert Bresson's Pickpocket tells the story of Michel (Martin Lasalle), a solitary young man who embarks upon a life of petty theft. Plying his trade on the city streets, racetracks and Métro system of Paris, Michel hones his sleight-of-hand skills to perfection and becomes consumed by his escalating addiction. But his activities alienate him from his few friends, while attracting the attention of a police inspector and a professional criminal (Kassagi), who recruits him into his band of thieves. Bresson's use of non-professional actors, pared-down cinematic style and meticulously choreographed scenes of audacious robberies lend the film a remarkable and thrilling sense of authenticity. Emotionally restrained yet ultimately spiritually moving, many critics consider Pickpocket to be Bresson's masterpiece.

Starring	Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Pierre Leymarie
Director	Robert Bresson
Studio	FUSION MEDIA
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 13 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama, World Cinema
Language	DVD: French
Subtitles	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1959 To Rent: DVD: 25 Apr 2005

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- Released in the same year as Godardâs âBreathlessâ (1959) and filmed on the same sun-dappled Parisian streets,... read more on Time Out
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  An emotional roller-coaster
  
  When a film is by common consent listed as one of the greatest 100 films of all time, it must have something going for it. For those of you even looking to ... read more »
  
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  waste of time
  
  It may have been amazing in 1959, but it has not aged well. The acting is wooden, the characters one dimensional, and the plot is quite bizarre - why would a ... read more »
  
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  mesmerically dull
  
  Loved the other Bresson films I have seen, A Man Escaped and Au Hasard - Balthasar and also read his notes on Filmmaking with great interest/inspiration, so I ... read more »
  
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  Well photographed and suspenseful French flic...nice one
  
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  Inspired by Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment', Robert Bresson's Pickpocket tells the story of Michel (Martin Lasalle), a solitary young man who embarks upon a life of petty theft. Plying his trade on the city streets, racetracks and Métro system of Paris, Michel hones his sleight-of-hand skills ...