Pickpocket (1959) [NR]

Release Date:
December 16, 1959

Original Title:
Pickpocket

Alternate Titles:
Diario di un ladro
Incertitude
Liikkuvat kädet
O Batedor de Carteiras
O Carteirista
Pick Pocket
Zsebtolvaj
Карманник
소매 치기
소매치기

Genres:
Crime | Drama

Production Companies:
Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France

Production Countries:
France

Ratings / Certifications:
GB: PG  JP: G  NL: 6  US: NR 

Runtime: 75

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.

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British Film Institute (BFI)

2012
#63
Critics' Top 100 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time
2012
#48
Directors' Top 100 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time

Assistant Camera:
Henri Raichi

Assistant Director:
Jacques Ballanche
Claude Clément
Michel Clément

Assistant Editor:
Geneviève Falaschi

Director:
Robert Bresson

Director of Photography:
Léonce-Henri Burel

Editor:
Raymond Lamy

First Assistant Camera:
André du Breuil

Producer:
Agnès Delahaie

Production Design:
Pierre Charbonnier

Production Manager:
Michel Choquet

Screenplay:
Robert Bresson

Second Assistant Camera:
Jacques De St. Girons

Sound Designer:
Antoine Archimbaud

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