Pickpocket

Name: Pickpocket
Genre: Classic, Social Issues, Drama
Released: 1959
Duration: 76 min
Rating: 3.4
Cast: Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Dolly Scal, Pierre Étaix, Pierre Leymarie

Robert Bresson19591h 16mClassic, Social Issues, Drama

Why we chose it

Robert Bresson, a master of form, turns what could have been an ordinary crime film into his own “Crime and Punishment”, with an astonishing choreography of wrists, wallets and pockets. The hands belong to a cast trained by Henri Kassagi, a professional pickpocket who also plays one of the thieves.

Synopsis

A young man steals money from a spectator at the racecourse and is arrested, only to be released for lack of evidence. Soon afterwards he meets a group of pickpockets who teach him the tricks of their trade. But the cocky young man’s new career has already caught the eye of a police inspector.