Mouchette
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 21 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 9, 2007
- Originally Released: 1966
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Nadine Nortier | |
Performer: | Jean-Claude Guilbert | |
Directed by | Robert Bresson |
Entertainment Reviews:
Like Au Hasard, Balthazar, Mouchette is a deeply pessimistic film which somehow leaves one in a mood close to exhilaration.
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The Spectator
...A perfect introduction to Bresson's utterly distinctive cinematic universe... -- 4 out of 5 stars
Total Film
Rating: 4/5 --
Mouchette is certainly sombre, but when the characters are finally released from suffering, they do achieve spiritual purity.
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Empire Magazine
The film has apparently melted down to a short story, being adapted from a Bernanos novel, but it moves on about five levels.
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Artforum
It's a remarkable film: dark, compressed, shattering.
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Chicago Reader
A magnificent and deeply rewarding example of Bresson's stripped-down methods of cutting and framing, sound and dialogue, performance and movement.
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Time Out
Rating: 5/5 --
A documentary fidelity underpins Robert Bresson's rigorous, though accessible, adaptation of Georges Bernanos's novel.
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Radio Times
Product Description:
Based on the novel by George Bernanos, Robert Bresson's MOUCHETTE tells the tragic story of a young girl whose existence is so empty that death seems preferable to her life. Mouchette (Nadine Nortier) lives in an isolated rural village with her alcoholic father and sick mother, where she is forced to do all the housework and take care of her infant brother. At school, the situation is just as horrendous, since Mouchette is mocked and ignored by her fellow students as well as her teacher. One night, after becoming lost in the woods during a rainstorm, she is discovered by Mr. Arsene (Jean-Claude Guilbert), an alcoholic, epileptic game poacher. Confused as to whether or not he has just murdered a man, Arsene convinces Mouchette to stay with him, giving him an alibi for the night. But when she tries to leave, he throws her to the floor and rapes her. As tragedies continue to pile up, she decides to take her life into her own hands. Bresson's spare dialogue and visual style, coupled with the naturalistic performances of his nonprofessional cast, make MOUCHETTE a subtle tour-de-force of the highest order.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 55,074
- UPC: 715515021425
- Shipping Weight: 0.18/lbs (approx)
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