Film · Crime, Drama
Pickpocket (1959)
To reach you at last, what a strange path I had to take.
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.
- Director
- Robert Bresson
- Writers
- Robert Bresson
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Release date
- December 16, 1959
Cast
Martin LaSalleMichel
Marika GreenJeanne- Jean PélégriLead Inspector
- Dolly ScalThe Mother
- Pierre LeymarieJacques
Kassagi1st Accomplice
Pierre Étaix2nd Accomplice- César GattegnoInspector
- Sophie Saint-Just(uncredited)
Dominique ZardiSubway Passenger (uncredited)
