Mouchette (DVD)
APPROX. 81 MINS. - PROD. YEAR: 1967 - MPA RATING: NR
DVD Specifications
| Release date: | Jan 16, 2007 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | Criterion/Voyager |
| Year: | 1967 |
| Video: |
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 Anamorphic - Enhanced for Widescreen TVs. |
| Audio: |
French: Dolby Digital 2.0 |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Subtitles: | English |
Special Features
- Audio commentary by renowned film scholar, critic, and festival programmer Tony Rayns
- Au hasard Bresson, a half-hour documentary about the director, including behind-the-scenes footage of Robert Bresson directing Mouchette
- Traveling, a segment from the cine-magazine TV series Cinéma, featuring on-set interviews with Bresson and actors Nadine Nortier and Jean-Claude Guilbert
- Original theatrical trailer, cut by Jean-Luc Godard
- New and improved English subtitle translation Plus: A new essay by writer Robert Polito
Synopsis
Robert Bresson plumbs great reservoirs of feeling with Mouchette, one of the most searing portraits of human desperation ever put on film. Faced with a dying mother, an absent, alcoholic father, and a baby brother in need of care, the teenage Mouchette seeks solace in nature and daily routine, a respite from her economic and pubescent turmoil. An essential work of French filmmaking, Bresson’s hugely empathetic drama elevates its trapped protagonist into one of the cinema’s great tragic figures.Cast & Crew
Criterion/Voyager
presents
Jean-Claude Guilbert
"Mouchette"
Written byRobert Bressondirected byRobert Bresson
Production Year: 1967
"Mouchette"
Written byRobert Bressondirected byRobert Bresson
Production Year: 1967
