'An unmitigated masterpiece' 'I adore PICKPOCKET and can watch it endlessly. To me it's as close to perfect as there can be.' Paul Schrader 'Bresson is the dark Catholic of French cinema.' 'Read it as an allegory on the insufficiency of human reason; as a tone poem on displaced desire' 'One of the few postwar European films that is both cerebral and resolutely sensual.' TIME OUT 'Fiercely uncompromising and minimalist, his work, invariably about a soul's struggle to survive a world of cruelty, pares away such worldly fripperies as spectacle, dialogue, music and drama in order to seek a higher spiritual truth.' Shelia Johnston - THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Bresson... a great filmmaker... PICKPOCKET is one of his master works' Derek Malcolm, THE GUARDIAN 'The camera work is exquisite' THE NEW YORK TIMES 'Cerebral and resolutely sensual' Time Out