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  • Title: Pickpocket (Criterion #314) / The Models of Pickpocket / La Piste aux étoiles (excerpt) / Cinepanorama (excerpt)
  • Summary: A man resorts to pickpocketing as a means of survival.
  • Director: Robert Bresson
  • Cast: Pierre Etaix, Marika Green, Martin LaSalle
  • Year: 1959
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  • Format: DVD
  • Relation: Heartbeat, The Mozart of Pickpockets, Oliver Twist, Pickup on South Street, Trouble in Paradise
  • Language: French with English subtitles
  • Country: France
  • Comments: The DVD includes an audio commentary by film scholar James Quandt, an introduction by Paul Schrader, the 2003 documentary "The Models of Pickpocket," a 1960 interview with Robert Bresson, a 2000 question and answer session about the film (13 minutes), an excerpt from the 1962 television program "La Piste aux √©toiles" featuring pickpocket consultant Kassagi" and the theatrical trailer.
  • Collection: Drama