Mouchette
1967 French film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mouchette (pronounced [mu.ʃɛt]) is a 1967 French film directed by Robert Bresson, starring Nadine Nortier and Jean-Claude Guilbert. It is based on the novel of the same name by Georges Bernanos.[1] Bresson explained his choice of the novel saying, "I found neither psychology or analysis in it. The substance of the book seemed usable. It could be sieved."[1] It was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival, winning the OCIC Award (International Catholic Organization for Cinema and Audiovisual).[2]
Mouchette | |
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Directed by | Robert Bresson |
Screenplay by | Robert Bresson |
Based on | Mouchette 1937 novel by Georges Bernanos |
Produced by | Anatole Dauman |
Starring | Nadine Nortier Jean-Claude Guilbert Marie Cardinal Paul Hebert |
Cinematography | Ghislain Cloquet |
Edited by | Raymond Lamy |
Music by | Jean Wiener Claudio Monteverdi |
Distributed by | UGC / CFDC |
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Running time | 81 min. |
Country | France |
Language | French |
A coming-of-age story, Mouchette is set in a rural French village and follows the daughter of a bullying alcoholic father and ailing mother. Unfolding in the director's famously sparse and minimalist style, Bresson said that its titular character "offers evidence of misery and cruelty. She is found everywhere: wars, concentration camps, tortures, assassinations.[1]"
Mouchette is among Bresson's more acclaimed films.[3][4] The Criterion Collection DVD release includes a trailer for the film made by Jean-Luc Godard. The Artificial Eye DVD release includes a 29 minute documentary filmed on set about the making of the film.