Originally released as a motion picture in 1967. Aspect ratio 1.66:1 ; enhanced for 16:9 widescreen televisions ; dual-layer format DVD9 ; Dolby Digital mono. Four-page folded sheet includes film credits, information about the transfer and an essay by Robert Polito. Special features: Audio commentary by renowned film scholar, critic, and festival programmer Tony Rayns; "Au hasard Bresson," documentary on the director; "Travelling" a segment from the cine-magazine TV series "Cinéma"; original theatrical trailer cut by Jean-Luc Godard ; new essay by writer Robert Polito. Based on the novel Nouvelle histoire de Mouchette by Georges Bernanos. Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Maria Cardinal, Paul Hébert, Jean Vimenet, Marie Susini, Suzanne Huguenin, Marine Trichet, Raymonde Chabrun.
Summary:
A 14-year-old friendless schoolgirl, Mouchette lives with her alcoholic bootlegger father and bed-ridden dying mother.
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