| Edition |
Widescreen. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (1 sheet folded to 4 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
Criterion Collection ; 363 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 363.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widscreen (1.66:1) presentation enhanced for (16:9) tvs; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Cast |
Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Paul Hebert, Maria Cardinal, Jean Vimenet, Marie Susini, Suzanne Huguenin, Marine Trichet, Raymonde Chabrun. |
| Credits |
Assistant directors, Jacques Kébadian, Mylène van der Mersch ; set decorator, Pierre Guffroy ; wardrobe, Odette Le Barbenchon ; editor, Raymond Lamy ; production managers, Philippe Dussart, Michel Choquet ; original music, Jean Wiener. |
| Note |
Based on the novel: Nouvelle histoire de Mouchette / by Georges Bernanos. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1967. |
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Program notes on container insert includes film credits and an essay by writer and film critic Robert Polito ("Girl Interrupted"). |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Note |
Special features: Optional audio commentary by film scholar and critic Tony Rayns; "Au hasard Bresson = Bresson Randomly," a 1966 documentary on the director by German film critic and director Theodor Kotulla, featuring behind-the-scenes footage of Robert Bresson directing 'Mouchette' (31 min.); "Travelling", a segment from the cine-magazine TV series "Cinéma," featuring on-set interviews with Bresson and actors Nadine Nortier and Jean-Claude Guilbert (8 min.); original theatrical trailer, cut by Jean-Luc Godard (2 min.). |
| Language |
In French with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Teenage girls -- France -- Drama.
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Teenagers and adults -- France -- Drama.
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Mothers and daughters -- France -- Drama.
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Children of alcoholics -- France -- Drama.
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Poverty -- France -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Motion pictures, French.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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| Subject |
Children of alcoholics. (OCoLC)fst00855292
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Mothers and daughters. (OCoLC)fst01026997
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Poverty. (OCoLC)fst01074093
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Teenage girls. (OCoLC)fst01145412
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Teenagers and adults. (OCoLC)fst01145666
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France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Motion pictures, French.
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| Added Author |
Bresson, Robert.
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Cloquet, Ghislain.
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Dauman, Anatole, 1925-1998.
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Nortier, Nadine.
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Guilbert, Jean-Claude.
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Hébert, Paul, 1924-
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Cardinal, Marie.
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Vimenet, Jean, 1914-1999
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Susini, Marie.
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Huguenin, Suzanne.
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Trichet, Marine.
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Chabrun, Raymonde.
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Rayns, Tony.
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Kotulla, Theodor.
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Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930-2022
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Bernanos, Georges, 1888-1948.
Nouvelle histoire de Mouchette.
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Rialto Pictures LLC.
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Argos Films.
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Parc Film (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Janus Films.
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| ISBN |
1934121126 |
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9781934121122 |
| Standard No. |
715515021425 |
| Music No. |
CC1670D Criterion Collection |
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