Mouchette

Mouchette

1967 · 81 min · FR · NR · 7.5 (212 votes)

Dir. Robert Bresson · Starring Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal, Paul Hébert, Jean Vimenet, Marie Susini · Music Jean Wiener

Drama

A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.

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A raw, unflinching portrait of a young girl's desperate struggle against a cruel world. Its bleakness is punctuated by moments of defiant spirit, creating a deeply affecting and unforgettable experience.

bleakharrowingrebelliousunflinchingsteadyFrench New Wavearthousenaturalisticstarktraumasurvivalrebellionchildhood innocence lost

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