Pickpocket

This incomparable story of crime and redemption from the French master Robert Bresson follows Michel, a young pickpocket who spends his days working the streets, subway cars, and train stations of Paris. As his compulsive pursuit of the thrill of stealing grows, however, so does his fear that his luck is about to run out. Bresson's terse, intense portrait turns the act of thievery into a ritual at once erotic and aesthetic; the "ballets of thievery," as Cocteau called them, are stunningly choreographed and edited. A cornerstone of the career of this most economical and profoundly spiritual of filmmakers, PICKPOCKET is an elegantly crafted study of humanity in all its mischief and grace, the work of a director at the height of his powers. "A film of dazzling originality. On its first viewing, it risks burning your eyes. So, do like me: go back to see it every day.... If you deny this film, it is cinema itself as an autonomous art that you call into question" - Louis Malle

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