Pickpocket (Blu-ray)

One of Robert Bresson’s most admired, intriguing and influential films

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.

‘One of Bresson’s masterworks’ The Guardian

‘Cerebral and resolutely sensual’ Time Out

‘An unmitigated masterpiece…I adore Pickpocket and can watch it endlessly. To me it’s as close to perfect as there can be’ Paul Schrader