Pickpocket (1959)
- Directed by
- Robert Bresson
- Genre
- drama film, crime film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 569 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man who steals wallets struggles with his compulsion despite the efforts of friends and a detective to help him change. The film follows his quiet descent into a life of crime and his aching search for connection.
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What happens
Pickpocket is a 1959 French film written and directed by Robert Bresson. It stars Martin LaSalle, in his feature film debut, in the title role, and features Marika Green, Pierre Leymarie, and Jean Pélégri in supporting roles. It features a pickpocket who is drawn to crime, despite the intercession of his family, his friends, and even an empathetic policeman. The film is generally considered to be one of Bresson's greatest films. Along with A Gentle Woman and Four Nights of a Dreamer, it is one of three Bresson movies heavily influenced by the works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Bresson's favorite author. It combines elements of Crime and Punishment's Rodion Raskolnikov (who questions whether moral rules should apply to superior men) with a street-crime plot inspired by Samuel Fuller's film Pickup on South Street (1953). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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125 (1959)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.