1997 | China, Hong Kong | Fiction

Pickpocket

  • Mandarin French, English 108 mins
  • Director | Jia Zhang-Ke
  • Writer | Jia Zhang-Ke
  • Producer | Kit-Ming Li, Jia Zhang-Ke

STATUS: Released

This film is currently not available.   

Chronicling the aimless existence of a petty thief, Pickpocket presents a fresh take on an ordinary youth in a provincial town. With this first underground film, a veritable manifesto for a Chinese new wave stylistically close to neo-realism, Jia Zhang-Ke immediately established himself as a leading voice in the landscape of Asian cinema.

Isolation Stagnation Alienation Realism Transformation
Playlists