Pickpocket

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Pickpocket is a 1959 French drama film by Robert Bresson, renowned for its minimalist style and existential exploration of crime, guilt, and redemption.

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Pickpocket canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French film
drama film
film
authorOfSourceWork Fyodor Dostoevsky
basedOn Crime and Punishment
character Jeanne
Michel
Michel's mother
the Inspector
countryOfOrigin France
director Robert Bresson
directorOfPhotography Léonce-Henri Burel NERFINISHED
distributor Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
editedBy Raymond Lamy
genre crime film
drama
psychological drama
hasCriticalReputation classic of world cinema
landmark of minimalist filmmaking
hasFilmMovement French art cinema
linked to: European art cinema

spiritual cinema
inspiredByWork Crime and Punishment
mainCharacter Michel
musicBy Jean Wiener
narrativeStyle first-person voice-over
notableFor austere visual style
elliptical editing
use of non-professional actors
originalLanguage French
partOfDirectorFilmography Robert Bresson filmography
producedBy Agnès Delahaie
productionCompany Compagnie Cinématographique de France
protagonistOccupation pickpocket
releaseDate 1959-12-16
releaseYear 1959
runtimeMinutes 75
setInCity Paris
setInCountry France
setInPeriod 1950s
starring Dolly Scal
Jean Pélégri NERFINISHED
Marika Green
Martin LaSalle
style minimalist
theme crime
existentialism
guilt
redemption
title Pickpocket
writer Robert Bresson

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French cinema notableFilm Pickpocket
Henri Perrin notableWork Pickpocket
Henri Perrin workedOn Pickpocket
Robert Bresson notableWork Pickpocket
Ghislain Cloquet notableWork Pickpocket
Pickpocket title Pickpocket
Anatole Dauman producedFilm Pickpocket