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.
