Principal cast
Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal, Paul Hébert and Jean Vimenet
Film 311 of 498 on the Screen Path
Mouchette
About the film
Mouchette at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1966 film at stop 311 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.
Key craft credits
Ghislain Cloquet (director of photography), Raymond Lamy (editor), Jean Wiener (original music composer), Robert Bresson (screenplay) and Pierre Guffroy (production design)
- Director
- Robert Bresson
- Release
- 1967-03-28
- Runtime
- 81 minutes
- Genres
- Drama
- Country
- France
- Quiz
- 20 questions
The Screen Path journey
Before. After. Remember.
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Before you watch
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After the film
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Quiz yourself
Answer 20 questions with clear rationales designed to make the ideas stick.
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Full cast
- Nadine NortierCharacter: Mouchette
- Jean-Claude GuilbertCharacter: Arsène
- Marie CardinalCharacter: Mouchette's Mother
- Paul HébertCharacter: Mouchette's Father
- Jean VimenetCharacter: Mathieu
- Marie SusiniCharacter: Mathieu's Wife
- Marine TrichetCharacter: Luisa
- Liliane PrincetCharacter: School Teacher
- Suzanne HugueninCharacter: Undertaker
- Raymonde ChabrunCharacter: Grocery Shop Owner
Full crew
Full crew
- Robert BressonCredits: Director, Screenplay
- Jean WienerCredits: Original Music Composer
- Ghislain CloquetCredits: Director of Photography
- Raymond LamyCredits: Editor
- Pierre GuffroyCredits: Production Design
- Odette Le BarbenchonCredits: Costume Design
- Georges BernanosCredits: Novel
- Anatole DaumanCredits: Producer
- Jacques KébadianCredits: First Assistant Director
- Emmanuel MachuelCredits: Assistant Camera
- Daniel CouteauCredits: Sound Effects Editor
- Jacques CarrèreCredits: Sound Recordist
- Séverin FrankielCredits: Sound Recordist
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