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The already sad life of a young rural French teenager (Nadine Nortier), saddled with an ailing mother, absent alcoholic father, and abusive teachers, takes an even more tragic turn as she's exploited by a poacher (Jean-Claude Gilbert) looking to make her his alibi for a negligent homicide. Writer-director Robert Bresson's vividly drawn drama of despair adapted from the Georges Bernanos novel also stars Marie Cardinal, Paul Hebert, Jean Vimenet. 81 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: French; Subtitles: Englisg; audio commentary; bonus documentary "Au Hasard Bresson" (1967); theatrical trailer; more. In French with English subtitles.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Blu-ray: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 2006 by film scholar, critic, and festival programmer Tony Rayns
- Au hasard Bresson (1967), a documentary by Theodor Kotulla, featuring director Robert Bresson on the set of Mouchette
- Segment of a 1967 episode of the French television series Cinéma, featuring on-set interviews with Bresson and actors Nadine Nortier and Jean-Claude Guilbert
- Original theatrical trailer, cut by Jean-Luc Godard
- An essay by critic and poet Robert Polito
