Pickpocket

“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.

Director

Robert Bresson

Screenplay

Robert Bresson

Status

Released

Release date

16/12/1959

Original language

French