Storyline

Young teen Mouchette (Nadine Nortier) faces hardships everywhere in her difficult life. Her father (Paul Hébert) is a cruel drunk who neglects her. Meanwhile, her mother (Marie Cardinal) lies ill, slowly dying. One day, fleeing a rainstorm, Mouchette comes across Arsène (Jean-Claude Guilbert), a poacher with a violent streak. He lets her take shelter in his cabin but then assaults her. Arsène even blackmails Mouchette to involve her in a cover-up for a crime he's committed.

Plot Keywords

teen girl, father, mother, poacher, warden, teacher, dark, uneasy, powerful, bleak, france, village, school, cabin, adolescence, family dysfunction, poverty, child abuse, rape, suffering, escape, growing up, 1960s

Short Review

Mouchette is certainly sombre, but when the characters are finally released from suffering, they do achieve spiritual purity.

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