Pickpocket DVD 1959 Zsebtolvaj / Directed by Robert Bresson / Starring: Martin LaSalle, MArika Green, Pierre Leymarie, Dolly Scal

UPC 5999883749401

MADE IN HUNGARY

REGION 2 PAL DVD (Black & White)

Audio: Hungarian mono, French 2.0 mono

Subtitle: English, Hungarian

Runtime: 73 minutes

English Summary:

Pickpocket is a 1959 French film directed by Robert Bresson. It stars the young Uruguayan Martin LaSalle, who was a nonprofessional actor at the time, in the title role, with Marika Green as the ingénue. It was the first film for which Bresson wrote an original screenplay rather than "adapting it from an existing text."

Michel (Martin LaSalle) goes to a horse race and steals some money from a spectator. He leaves the racetrack confident that he was not caught when he is suddenly arrested. The inspector (Jean Pélégri) releases Michel because the evidence is not strong enough. Michel soon falls in with a small group of professional pickpockets who teach him their trade and invite him to join them on highly coordinated pickpocketing sprees in crowded public areas.

Visiting his mother, Michel meets Jeanne (Marika Green) who begs him to visit his mother more often. His friend Jacques goes on a date with Jeanne and invites Michel along. But after stealing a watch, Michel leaves Jacques and Jeanne at the carnival. While they are at a bar, the inspector asks Michel to show him a book by George Barrington about pickpocketing, bringing the book to the police station on an appointed date. Michel goes down to the station on that day, with the book. At the station, the inspector barely glances at the book. Michel returns to his apartment realizing that it was all just a ruse to search his apartment. However, the cops failed to find his stash of money.

French Summary:

Michel se rend au champ de courses et vole un peu d'argent à une spectatrice. En quittant les lieux il est arrêté, mais faute de preuves il est rapidement libéré.

Malgré cela, Michel continue à voler et s'associe avec des complices afin d'être plus efficace. Il refuse l'aide de son ami Jacques qui veut le pousser à trouver un emploi. Il provoque délibérément l'attention d'un commissaire de police, professant des théories sur le vol comme activité légitime pour les personnalités d'élite.

Se sentant menacé, il fuit la France pour revenir deux ans plus tard. Reprenant ses activités, il est arrêté, mais c'est une fois en prison qu'il va pouvoir se lier avec Jeanne, l'ex-aide ménagère de sa mère.

Hungarian Summary:

Cast / Distribution / Szereplők:

• Martin LaSalle as Michel
• Marika Green as Jeanne
• Jean Pélégri as Chief Inspector
• Dolly Scal as The Mother
• Pierre Leymarie as Jacques
• Kassagi as 1st Accomplice
• Pierre Étaix as 2nd Accomplice
• César Gattegno as an Inspector