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.
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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 magnificent and deeply rewarding example of Bresson's stripped-down methods of cutting and framing, sound and dialogue, performance and movement.
Like any genius, Bresson made rules in order to break them.
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.
It's a remarkable film: dark, compressed, shattering.
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