Story:
Michel takes up picking pockets as a hobby, and is arrested almost immediately, giving him the chance to reflect on the morality of crime. After his release, though, his mother dies, and he rejects the support of friends Jeanne and Jacques in favour of returning to pickpocketing (after taking lessons from an expert), because he realises that it’s the only way he can express himself…
Source: IMDB
Narratively spare and told with clockwork precision, Pickpocket is a carefully observed character study that packs an emotional wallop.
Rotten Tomatoes Critics Consensus
Major accolades received by Pickpocket (1959)
- Featured in Roger Ebert’s Great Movies list.
- Included among the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die.
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