![]() ![]() Most of the actors here are newcomers, and the way Bresson shot the film, leaves the character's intentions and thoughts up to our interpretation. After two years of this, he decides to come back home and try to pick up the pieces of his life with the people he once knew. ![]() He heads to Milan, Rome, and London, where he scores big in each place, but ends up spending all the money in casinos and brothels. Although he gives money to Jeanne to take care of his mother, he doesn't want to be with her.Īnd Bresson leaves it up to us to figure out if Michel just doesn't want to see his mother that way or if he indeed just wants to live the life of crime, no matter her how she or Jeanne feels about him.Unfortunately, Michel's two thief friends are arrested, which forces Michel to leave town for a while. It's here where we see Michel trying to figure out if he wants to still lead a life of crime or be a more sensible and caring man. However, his mother is very sick and being taken care of by a beautiful young girl named Jeanne (Marika Green). Meanwhile, Michel can't believe his luck and how much his skill has improved by meeting these people. Then a third thief (Pierre Etaix) joins them and the three begin to work together and they become very successful. The other thief has much more discipline and skill than Michel and takes Michel under his wing and teaches him the art of stealing, which takes up a good chunk of the film. He soon then meets another thief on the bus and the two hit it off very quickly. The police let him go due to a lack of evidence, and Michel quickly realizes he has much to learn about all aspects of being a professional thief. He heads to the racetrack and steals from some of the spectators there, only to be confronted by a police investigator shortly after. Not only that, Michel loves the thrill of stealing and can't seem to get enough of that adrenaline. In a very early role for Martin LaSalle, he plays a young man named Michel who dreams of being a writer, but has to rely on stealing to make ends meet. ![]() Bresson is a very spiritual filmmaker and while 'Pickpocket' might not be a story about religion, it definitely shows the faith and transformation in a man who wants to do good. In 1959, he wrote his first original screenplay, instead of adapting other books, and he called it 'Pickpocket', which has been compared to and is said to be based on 'Crime and Punishment' by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Bresson had a unique way and style of making movies, and they captivated audiences world wide and have won countless awards. His peers and colleagues have praised him for many years and even the impressive Jean Luc Goddard said "Robert Bresson is French cinema, as Dostoevsky is the Russian novel and Mozart is German music." People even say he is as good as Jean Renoir, and they aren't wrong. French director Robert Bresson is one of the finest filmmakers to ever come out of France. ![]()
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