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The police let him go due to a lack of evidence, and Michel quickly realizes he has much to learn about all aspects of being a professional thief.

He heads to the racetrack and steals from some of the spectators there, only to be confronted by a police investigator shortly after. Not only that, Michel loves the thrill of stealing and can't seem to get enough of that adrenaline. In a very early role for Martin LaSalle, he plays a young man named Michel who dreams of being a writer, but has to rely on stealing to make ends meet. Bresson is a very spiritual filmmaker and while 'Pickpocket' might not be a story about religion, it definitely shows the faith and transformation in a man who wants to do good.

In 1959, he wrote his first original screenplay, instead of adapting other books, and he called it 'Pickpocket', which has been compared to and is said to be based on 'Crime and Punishment' by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Bresson had a unique way and style of making movies, and they captivated audiences world wide and have won countless awards.

His peers and colleagues have praised him for many years and even the impressive Jean Luc Goddard said 'Robert Bresson is French cinema, as Dostoevsky is the Russian novel and Mozart is German music.' People even say he is as good as Jean Renoir, and they aren't wrong. French director Robert Bresson is one of the finest filmmakers to ever come out of France.