Fresh
Everyday incidents take on an almost spiritual intensity in Bresson's controlled and incisive direction and handling of the players. Nadine Nortier has the animal ferocity and gentleness needed for the role.
Variety Staff, Variety
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Mouchette
Overview
A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.
Director and cast
- Robert Bresson Director
- Nadine Nortier as Mouchette
- Jean-Claude Guilbert as Arsène
- Marie Cardinal as Mouchette's Mother
- Paul Hébert as Mouchette's Father
- Jean Vimenet as Mathieu
- Marie Susini as Mathieu's Wife
- Marine Trichet as Luisa
- Liliane Princet as School Teacher
- Suzanne Huguenin as Undertaker
- Raymonde Chabrun as Grocery Shop Owner
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A magnificent and deeply rewarding example of Bresson's stripped-down methods of cutting and framing, sound and dialogue, performance and movement.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
Fresh
Like any genius, Bresson made rules in order to break them.
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Rotten
In artistically pointing up their lack of understanding and affection for Mouchette, Mr. Bresson never fully lets a viewer in on details that would help him appreciate them, too.
A.H. Weiler, New York Times
Fresh
It's a remarkable film: dark, compressed, shattering.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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