Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1959. Special features: new 2K digital restoration; audio commentary featuring film scholar James Quandt; introduction by writer-director Paul Schrader; the models of "Pickpocket", a 2003 documentary by Babette Mangolte that features interviews with actors from the film; interview with director Robert Bresson, from a 1960 episode of the French television program Cinépanorama; Q&A on Pickpocket from 2000, featuring actor Marika Green and filmmakers Paul Vecchiali and Jean-Pierre Améris; footage of sleight-of-hand artist and Pickpocket consultant Kassagi, from a 1962 episode of the French television show La piste aux étoiles; trailer. Martin Lassalle, Marika Green, Jean Pelegri, Dolly Scal, Pierre Leymarie, Kassagi, Pierre Etaix, César Gattegno.
Summary:
Michel is a young pickpocket who spends his days working the streets, subway cars, and train stations of Paris. As his compulsive pursuit of the thrill of stealing grows, however, so does his fear that his luck is about to run out.
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