Mouchette
Summary:
Robert Bresson directed this grim but moving story of a girl forced to grow up quickly due to the unfortunate circumstances which surround her. Mouchette (Nadine Nortier) is a fourteen year old girl living in a rural village in France; while it's the mid-1960's, in many respects her community looks as if it could still be World War II, or even the turn of the century, and a numb... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Nadine Nortier - (Mouchette)
Jean-Claude Guilbert - (Arsene)
Maria Cardinal - (Mother)
Paul Hebert - (Father)
Robert Bresson
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Review:
Since his first feature film, 1943's Angels of the Streets, writer-director Robert Bresson specialized in making challenging, somber meditations on spiritual crises. Influenced by the work of Carl Theodor Dreyer (most obviously, The Passion of Joan of Arc), Bresson utilized amateur actors and a sparse visual approach. One of his most... Continue >>
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