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Writers:
Georges Bernanos (novel) and
Robert Bresson (scenario & adaptation and dialogue)
Release Date:
12 March 1970 (USA) more
Plot:
Mouchette is a young teenager living in the tough country. Her mother is going to die, and her father does not take care of her... more | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 1 nomination more
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On DVD: Aki Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy, "Shadow"
(From IFC. 23 September 2008, 11:36 AM, PDT)
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A genius at his most beautiful more (15 total)
Cast
(Credited cast)| Nadine Nortier | ... | Mouchette | |
| Jean-Claude Guilbert | ... | Arsène | |
| Marie Cardinal | ... | Mouchette's Mother | |
| Paul Hebert | ... | Mouchette's Father | |
| Jean Vimenet | ... | Mathieu | |
| Marie Susini | ... | Mathieu's wife | |
| Liliane Princet | ... | Schoolteacher | |
| Suzanne Huguenin | ... | Undertaker | |
| Marine Trichet | ... | Luisa | |
| Raymonde Chabrun | ... | Grocery Shop-owner |
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78 min | USA:90 min (VHS version) | Portugal:82 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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UK:15 | West Germany:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:16
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It was rumored for years that the trailer for this film was by Jean-Luc Godard, and he has recently confirmed this by programming it in a self-curated retrospective of his work. The trailer is virtually a miniature essay on (or subversion of) the film, jarringly intercutting excerpts from it with a written commentary that calls it "Christian and sadistic". more
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Continuity: (At 45:00) The canteen changes position after being dropped. more
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Featured in Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (2007) more
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Magnificat more
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Never before has cinema been this simple and honest. No one makes films with more emotion than Bresson and no one puts less emotion in their films than he. I could cite so many Bressonian cliches and talk of his uniquely personal style which by 1967 was firmly established, especially since he had abandoned the voice-over he used in the 50s. I will point out his use of sound and approach to acting which remain so distinctive and by now so familiar. There is nothing in Mouchette that is new, especially after Balthazar, what remains is the story of Mouchette, told with the utter grace and passion that makes this film a masterpiece that transcends technique, even cinema itself, and makes most cinema look frivolous in the process.
Finally I must mention the films ending, which I rank with that of Balthazar as the most beautiful I have seen.