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Pickpocket

Barcode 5035673014684
Blu-ray

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Release Date: 11/07/2022

Region Code: Blu-ray B
Certificate: BBFC PG
Label: Bfi
Actors: Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Jean Pelegri, Dolly Scal
Director: Robert Bresson
Audio Languages: French
Subtitle Languages: English

Pickpocket (Blu-ray)
Directed by Robert Bresson

In one of Robert Bresson’s most admired, intriguing and influential films, resolute drifter Michel spends his days learning the art of pickpocketing and targeting the unsuspecting citizens of 1950s Paris.
After his inevitable arrest (and almost immediate release) Michel reflects on the morality of crime, developing a vague theory that exceptional individuals are above the law. Lost in another world, he rejects his friends in favour of a life of crime and is seemingly set on finding his place in the world by engineering a head-on collision with society.

Special features


* Presented in High Definition
* Robert Bresson Q&A (1971, 47 mins, audio only): the director in conversation with John Russell Taylor, recorded on stage at the NFT during the 15th London Film Festival
* Paul Schrader on Pickpocket (2022, 11 mins): Schrader discusses his relationship with Bresson’s film and how it has influenced him
* The Models of Pickpocket (2003, 52 mins): Babette Mangolte’s documentary tracks down Pickpocket’s performers to discuss their experiences of working with Bresson
* Archive shorts: Thefts From Handbags (1961, 1 min): British television spot warning women to watch out for thieves; Snatch of the Day (1975, 1 min): John Krish’s sporty public information film of the tricks of the pickpocketing trade; Four Men in Prison(1950, 41 mins): controversial drama-documentary from the Crown Film Unit using real-life prison situations to address the purpose of incarceration
* Original theatrical trailer
* Reissue trailer (2022)
* **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring writing from Adrian Martin, Michael Brooke and Steve Foxon