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Pickpocket (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
73 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1959 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Robert Bresson

Written By:
Robert Bresson

Actors:
Martin LaSalle ..... Michel (as Martin La Salle)
Marika Green ..... Jeanne
Jean Pélégri ..... L'inspecteur principal
Dolly Scal ..... La mère
Pierre Leymarie ..... Jacques
Kassagi ..... 1er complice
Pierre Étaix ..... 2ème complice
César Gattegno ..... Un inspecteur

Synopsis:

Director Robert Bresson chose Uruguayan nonactor Martin LaSalle for his leading man in Pickpocket. LaSalle's inexperience works against the film for some viewers, though Bresson himself was satisfied because his star proved himself a quick study in the art of lifting wallets (a genuine pickpocket was engaged as "technical adviser"). Essentially, the story is a character study of a cocky young criminal who becomes so entranced by the act of picking pockets that he literally can't stop himself. The Bressonian technique of concentrating more on the mechanics of the plot than the emotions of the characters is, as always, a matter of taste. Filmed in 1959, Pickpocket was released in the US in 1963. Loosely inspired by Feodor Dostoyevsky's novel Crime and Punishment.

Michel is released from jail after serving a sentence for thievery. His mother dies and he resorts to pickpocketing as a means of survival.

An homage to the French director Robert Bresson which embarks on a present-day search for the three faces on which Bresson lingered in his brooding 1959 film, "Pickpocket."

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 26 March, 2009.

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