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Mouchette

1967 · 81 min

A stark, slow immersion into a girl's unrelenting suffering, offering little relief but lingering in its quiet, devastating observation.

Overview
A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • grief
  • class
  • survival
  • death
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Robert Bresson
Written by
Robert Bresson
Starring
Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal, Paul Hébert, Jean Vimenet, Marie Susini, Marine Trichet, Liliane Princet
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
81 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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