“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.
Robert Bresson
Agnès Delahaie
Robert Bresson
Léonce-Henri Burel
Martin LaSalle
Michel
Marika Green
Jeanne
Jean Pélégri
Lead Inspector
Dolly Scal
The Mother
Pierre Leymarie
Jacques
Kassagi
1st Accomplice
Pierre Étaix
2nd Accomplice
César Gattegno
Inspector
Sophie Saint-Just
(uncredited)
Dominique Zardi
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
CinemaSerf
Martin LaSalle is really quite effective here as the small time pickpocket ("Michel"), who just about manages to get by, from day to day, wearing the same suit and living in his one room garret where even the door doesn't lock. He spends his time with friend "Jacques" (Pierre Leymarie) with both tak...
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2022 Re-Release Trailer
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Pierre Etaix on Pickpocket
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Pickpocket (1959) trailer
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