| Description |
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical mono Dolby rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file region 1 rda |
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DVD video |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 363.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1; wide screen (1.66:1, enhanced for 16:9 televisions) presentation; Dolby Digital mono; high-definition digital transfer. |
| Language |
French dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Maria Cardinal, Paul Hebert, Jean Vimenet, Marie Susini, Suzanne Huguenin, Marine Trichet, Raymonde Chabrun. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Ghislain Cloquet ; chief editor, Raymond Lamy ; music, Jean Wiéner. |
| Note |
Based on the novel Nouvelle histoire de Mouchette by Georges Bernanos. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967. |
| 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"--Container. |
| Contents |
Special features: Optional audio feature commentary by film scholar, critic, and festival programmer Tony Rayns -- Zum Beispiel Bresson [= Au hasard Bresson] (un film von Martin Ripkens und Hans Stempel ; regie, Theodor Kotulla ; b & w, 31 min.) [1967 documentary by film critic Theodor Kotulla, filmed on the set of Mouchette] -- Travelling (7 min. ; directed by Frédéric Rossif ; featuring interviews with Robert Bresson, Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert) [a segment from the French TV series Cinéma] -- original theatrical trailer by Jean-Luc Godard -- in-container guide features essay by writer Robert Polito. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Awards |
Mouchette: Winner, Pasinetti Award (Best Film) - Robert Bresson, 1967 Venice Film Festival ; Winner, Critics Award - Best Film (Robert Bresson), 1968 French Syndicate of Film Critics ; Winner, OCIC Award (Robert Bresson), Nominee, Palme d'Or (Robert Bresson), 1967 Cannes Film Festival. |
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Zum beispiel Bresson: Winner, Best Documentary, 1967 German Film Awards. |
| Subject |
Teenage girls -- France -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Teenagers and adults -- France -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Mothers and daughters -- France -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Children of alcoholics -- France -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Siblings -- France -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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France -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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France -- Drama -- Videodiscs. |
| Genre |
Foreign films, French.
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Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Youth Feature.
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Melodrama Feature.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Bresson, Robert, director, screenwriter.
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Dauman, Anatole, 1925-1998, producer.
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Nortier, Nadine, actor.
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Guilbert, Jean-Claude, actor.
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Cardinal, Marie, actor.
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Hébert, Paul, 1924-2017, actor.
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Vimenet, Jean, 1914-1999, actor.
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Susini, Marie, actor.
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Huguenin, Suzanne, actor.
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Trichet, Marine, actor.
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Chabrun, Raymonde, actor.
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Wiéner, Jean, composer (expression)
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Cloquet, Ghislain, director of photography.
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Lamy, Raymond, editor of moving image work.
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Polito, Robert, 1951- writer of added commentary.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Bernanos, Georges, 1888-1948.
Nouvelle histoire de Mouchette.
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Argos Films, presenter, production company.
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Parc Film (Firm), presenter, production company.
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Rialto Pictures LLC.
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Standard No. |
715515021425 |
| Music No. |
CC1670D Criterion Collection |
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