![]() ![]() Time Skip: When he realizes that the police are close to catching him Michel leaves the country for two years.During one of these visits, Michel realizes he is in love with her. Love Redeems: After Michel is arrested, Jeanne regularly visits him.Luckily, his only worldly possessions besides his stolen goods are mountains of books and his battered suit. Lonely Bachelor Pad: Despite his lofty aspirations, Michel lives in a tiny, dirty apartment with a broken lock.He clearly suspects Michel (who doesn't help his case by espousing his Übermensch ideology, see below) and sends men to investigate his unlocked apartment, but has no definitive proof to convict him. Inspector Javert: The nameless Chief Inspector.In Medias Res: The film does not waste any time considering how Michel came to a life of crime instead we start right off the bat with Michel lifting the cash from a woman's purse at the racetrack.Five-Finger Discount: Michel does this for a living.Character Narrator: Michel narrates his own story.Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Averted, Michel steals money from his mother and rarely visits her.Near the end, he goes pickpocketing at the racetrack, is arrested, and goes to jail. Book Ends: In the opening scene Michel picks a woman's purse at the racetrack, is arrested, but gets away with it.But after Jeanne comes to visit him in jail, he finally realizes that he is in love with her, and there's hope for his future. Bittersweet Ending: Michel finally gets busted, trying to pick the pocket of an undercover cop at the racetrack.When she tells him this he says she'll get better, "I'm sure of it!" Cut to Michel and Jeanne at his mother's funeral. Answer Cut: Michel finally makes it to his mother's bedside, as she's dying.He refuses to do so, even when Jeanne (Marika Green), a pretty young woman who lives in the room next to Michel's mom, begs him to. Meanwhile, Michel gets messages from his mother, who is ill and wants him to come visit her. He makes the acquaintance of an experienced pickpocket who teaches him some tricks of the trade. Michel cannot see any reason why he shouldn't be a thief, if he is clever enough to steal money from lesser people and not get caught. He's arrested by the cops, but since they can't prove that the money in his pocket is the money from the lady's purse, they let him go. Wanting money, but disinclined to do anything as troublesome as getting a job, he lifts some cash from the purse of a woman at the racetrack. Michel (Martin LaSalle in his film debut) is a pickpocket in Paris. It is a loose adaptation of Crime and Punishment. Pickpocket is a 1959 film directed by Robert Bresson. ![]()
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