In a French village, Manou is an Italian logger, virile, with a broad laugh. He can't say no to women's sexual invitations, and jealous villagers blame him for recent fires and a flood. He ...
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| Jeanne Moreau | ... | Mademoiselle | |
| Ettore Manni | ... | Manou | |
| Keith Skinner | ... | Bruno | |
| Umberto Orsini | ... | Antonio | |
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Georges Aubert | ... | René |
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Jane Beretta | ... | Annette (as Jane Berretta) |
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Paul Barge | ... | Young Policeman |
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Pierre Collet | ... | Marcel |
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Gérard Darrieu | ... | Boulet |
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Jean Gras | ... | Roger |
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Gabriel Gobin | ... | Police Sergeant |
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Rosine Luguet | ... | Lisa |
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Antoine Marin | ... | Armand |
| Georges Douking | ... | The Priest | |
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Jacques Monod | ... | Mayor |
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In a French village, Manou is an Italian logger, virile, with a broad laugh. He can't say no to women's sexual invitations, and jealous villagers blame him for recent fires and a flood. He is innocent; the culprit is "Mademoiselle," town schoolmarm, a recent arrival admired by all, but sexually repressed and obsessed with Manou. She sets the first fire accidentally and throbs watching a shirtless Manou perform heroics. Subsequent catastrophes are no accident and express her mad passion for him. Also, after befriending Manou's son, she turns on the lad, making him miserable and raising his suspicions. Her designs, Manou's frank innocence, and the town's xenophobia mix explosively. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Release Date:
1 August 1966 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Peyrelevade, Corrèze, FranceCompany Credits
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The film was shot on location in and around the tiny village of Le Rat, in the Corrèze département of central France. The entire production team stayed in what accommodation they could find locally for the duration of the shoot. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Jeanne Moreau is simply brilliant in this role of a frustrated woman driven by madness to commit evil against the world. It has an ending that is wonderfully realistic and disturbing.
Jean Genet has created a world of simple people who are easily manipulated by a brilliant woman and their own fears and the results are predictable. Evil is here seen as not something grandiose and politically driven but as a simple everyday element of human nature.
The film's pace is wonderfully timed to draw you in to this strange little world that somehow feels normal. Somewhere in our subconscious mind, we know this place. I, for one, was not entirely shocked by the actions of any of the characters in this film. The evil that can result when people are not allowed either by religious authority or circumstance to express their natural sexual needs is here examined in gruesome detail.
See this film. It is brilliant.