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Mouchette

  • 19671967
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 21m
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7.7/10
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Mouchette (1967)
Drama
A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
12K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
22,585
1,126
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    • Director
      • Robert Bresson
    • Writers
      • Georges Bernanos(novel)
      • Robert Bresson(scenario & adaptation and dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Nadine Nortier
      • Jean-Claude Guilbert
      • Marie Cardinal
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Robert Bresson
    • Writers
      • Georges Bernanos(novel)
      • Robert Bresson(scenario & adaptation and dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Nadine Nortier
      • Jean-Claude Guilbert
      • Marie Cardinal
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 44User reviews
    • 85Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 2 nominations

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    Nadine Nortier in Mouchette (1967)
    Robert Bresson in Mouchette (1967)
    Nadine Nortier in Mouchette (1967)
    Jean-Claude Guilbert in Mouchette (1967)
    Nadine Nortier in Mouchette (1967)
    Mouchette (1967)
    Nadine Nortier in Mouchette (1967)
    Mouchette (1967)
    Mouchette (1967)
    Nadine Nortier in Mouchette (1967)
    Paul Hébert and Nadine Nortier in Mouchette (1967)
    Nadine Nortier in Mouchette (1967)

    Top cast

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    Nadine Nortier
    Nadine Nortier
    • Mouchette
    Jean-Claude Guilbert
    Jean-Claude Guilbert
    • Arsène
    Marie Cardinal
    Marie Cardinal
    • Mouchette's Mother
    Paul Hébert
    Paul Hébert
    • Mouchette's Father
    • (as Paul Hebert)
    Jean Vimenet
    • Mathieu - gamekeeper
    Marie Susini
    • Mathieu's wife
    Liliane Princet
    • Schoolteacher
    Suzanne Huguenin
    • Undertaker
    Marine Trichet
    • Luisa
    Raymonde Chabrun
    • Grocery Shop-owner
    • Director
      • Robert Bresson
    • Writers
      • Georges Bernanos(novel)
      • Robert Bresson(scenario & adaptation and dialogue)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      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".
    • Goofs
      (at around 1 min) The canteen changes position after being dropped.
    • Quotes

      Mouchette: [singing] Hope! Hope is dead, Three days, Columbus said to them, Pointing to the vast sky ahead, That stretched beyond the horizon...

    • Connections
      Edited into Bande-annonce de 'Mouchette' (1967)
    • Soundtracks
      Magnificat
      Written by Claudio Monteverdi

      Performed by Les Chanteurs de St. Eustache

      Conducted by R.P. Émile Martin

    User reviews44

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    10/10
    A genius at his most beautiful
    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.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 12, 1970 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Muset
    • Filming locations
      • Apt, Vaucluse, France
    • Production companies
      • Argos Films
      • Parc Film
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 21 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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