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Pickpocket

To reach you at last, what a strange path I had to take.

7.3(594)19591h 15m11

Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
French
  • prison
  • france
  • unsociability
  • pickpocket
  • modern society
  • materialism
  • black and white

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Produced in

France

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR20 May 1963
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalRe-release25 Feb 2020
    • Theatrical (limited)PGRe-Release3 Jun 2022
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereAdelaide Film Festival27 May 1967
  • CanadaCA

    • PhysicalDVD15 Nov 2005
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical14 Aug 1963
  • BrazilBR

    • PhysicalDVD8 Nov 2005
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical5 Aug 1983
  • FinlandFI

    • TV30 Mar 1967
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical16 Dec 1959
    • Digital / OTTTPFrance.tv20 Sept 2026
    • TVTPFrance 320 Sept 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereBerlin International Film Festival1 Jun 1960
    • TVWest Germany4 May 1964
  • GreeceGR

    • TheatricalRe-release1 Sept 2005
  • Hong KongHK

    • Theatrical15 Nov 2002

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Pickpocket was released on 16 December 1959.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CinemaSerf

    6/4/2022

    7/10

    Martin LaSalle is really quite effective here as the small time pickpocket ("Michel"), who just about manages to get by, from day to day, wearing the same suit and living in his one room garret where even the door doesn't lock. He spends his time with friend "Jacques" (Pierre Leymarie) with both taking a bit of shine to "Jeanne" (Marika Green) who is a neighbour to his rapidly declining mother (Dolly Scal). To be hon…

  • J

    James

    3/24/2024

    7/10

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