But if you have ever felt like an outsider in your own life—if you have ever tried to rationalize a bad habit into a noble calling—this film will haunt you.
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. It is celebrated for its minimalist style and profound psychological depth, famously inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment Senses of Cinema Film Overview Release Date: December 16, 1959 (France). Robert Bresson. But if you have ever felt like an
Unlike the glamorous heists of Rififi (1955) or the capering thieves of Topkapi (1964), Pickpocket (1959) focuses on a solitary protagonist: Michel (played by Bresson’s non-professional actor, Martin LaSalle). Michel is a smug, alienated young man living in a shabby Parisian boarding house. He believes he is "superior" to ordinary men, and that pickpocketing is not a vice, but a virtuoso skill for the elite. Unlike the glamorous heists of Rififi (1955) or