Bresson, the master of concise school, presented a three-pointed humanity sketch: Michel, a thief wandering in the subway and streets of Paris.
Naturally, he is by no means an ordinary thief, the prototype comes from " преступление и наказание " by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky . In his small attic, he read a lot of books. Deeply influenced by Nihilism and Nietzsche's Overman philosophy , his deep narcissism wraps him like a blanket, making him feel that he is a special human being and has the right to steal from others. What bothers him is not the guilt of stealing, but the art and ecstasy of stealing. In the subways and stations of Paris, he stood as close as possible behind the person he was about to steal, while stealing, while experiencing the breath and emotions of others. For him, stealing has become an exciting adventure, a ballet of fingers, feet, body and desire, in Michelle's point of view, but also the right of "superman". He used various reasons to find excuses for himself, but he dared not face the questioning of his sick old mother. When the leader of the theft gang to which he belonged was arrested, he was also arrested soon. Finally in prison, when his girlfriend Jenny, who had been taking care of his mother, came to visit him, he discovered that he still had the ability to love.
