Pickpocket

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Synopsis: Robert Bresson's masterful investigation of crime and redemption tells the story of the young, arrogant Michel (Martin LaSalle), who spends his days learning the art of picking pockets in the streets, subway cars, and train stations of Paris. As Michel grows bolder and more adept, so too grows his fear that his luck is about to run out. But despite the pleadings of his sick mother and the lovely Jeanne to return to the world of the honorable, he is consumed by his compulsion to steal. Tautly choreographed and stylistically rigorous, Pickpocket reveals Bresson at his enigmatic, virtuosic best.

Directed By:	Robert Bresson	Genre:	Crime / Drama
Cast:	Kassagi, Marika Green, Martin LaSalle, Pierre Leymarie, Jean Pélégri, Dolly Scal	Year of Production:	1959