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Pickpocket

7.319591h 15mMovieCrimeDrama

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…

DirectorRobert Bresson
WriterRobert Bresson
ProducerAgnès Delahaie

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Criterion ChannelCriterion Channel
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Cast · Directed by Robert Bresson

MLMartin LaSalle
Martin LaSalle
Michel
MGMarika Green
Marika Green
Jeanne
JP
Jean Pélégri
Lead Inspector
DS
Dolly Scal
The Mother
PL
Pierre Leymarie
Jacques
KKassagi
Kassagi
1st Accomplice
PÉPierre Étaix
Pierre Étaix
2nd Accomplice
CG
César Gattegno
Inspector
SS
Sophie Saint-Just
(uncredited)
DZDominique Zardi
Dominique Zardi
Subway Passenger (uncredited)

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