Michel, an intellectual bourgeois, starts pickpocketing as a provocation against humanity and to feel above the law and the moral code.
Stealing gives him almost an erotic pleasure and all his attempts to stop are useless. Only the love for girl will help him.
The movie is full of references to Crime and Punishment and it is Bresson's fifth successful feature film.
Country: Francia
Year: 1959
Running time: 75'
Format: 35 mm
Language: francese
Subtitles: italiano
Genre: fiction
Screenplay: Robert Bresson
Cinematography: Léonce-Henry Burel
Editing: Raymond Lamy
Music: Giovan Battista Lulli
Produced by: Agnès Delahaie Productions
