Pickpocket (1959) DVD9 (Reissue) and Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

Michel (Martin Lassalle) is unable to keep a job and feels that all the positions that his friend Jacques (Pierre Leymarie) manages to set up for him are beneath a man of his intelligence. He needs to live however and, believing that society owes him, and resorts to stealing people's wallets. Initially he is not very good but, falling in with a group of thieves and getting lessons from an experienced pickpocket, Michel moves from the random pickings of the Paris underground to elaborate operations on banks and train stations. More than just making money however, Michel feels an elation at asserting his superiority over other people and being beyond the law. But the thrill of evading the police is not enough – Michel needs to actively challenge the police to catch him, meeting a police detective (Jean Pelegri) in a bar and expounding his theories that certain gifted and intelligent people should be free to disobey laws that are restrictive on their freedom of expression and their abilities.

BD50 + DVD9 | 1080p AVC, NTSC | 01:16:19 | 44.1 Gb + 7.60 Gb
Language: Francais
Subtitles: English
Genre: Crime, Drama

Director: Robert Bresson
Cast: Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Jean Pelegri
Country: France
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