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Mouchette
Genre: Drama

Reviewed In Issue 118 (Mar 2007) Of Widescreen Review®

Stars:
Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Paul Hebert, Maria Cardinal, Jean Vimenet, Marie Susini, Suzanne Huguenin, Marine Trichet & Raymonde Chabrun

WSR Review Scores
WSR Picture Rating: 3
DD Sound Rating: 2
DTS Sound Rating: NR
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Critics' Composite Score: 3
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Special Features
Special features include commentary by Film Scholar Tony Rayns; a 31-minute documentary Au hasard Bresson; a 7-1/2-minute Cin


 DVD General Information

(Studio/Distributor): The Criterion Collection
(Catalog Number): CC1670D
(MPAA Rating): Not Rated
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(Retail Price): $39.95
(DVD Type): Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9)
(Widescreen Edition): Yes
(Full Screen Edition): No
(Anamorphic Widescreen): No
(Running Time In Minutes): 82
(Color Type): Black & White
(Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
(Closed Captioned): Yes
(Regional Coding): 1
(Theatrical Year): 1967
(Theatrical Release): Yes
(Direct-To-Video Release): No
(DVD Release Date): 1/16/07
(THX® Digitally Mastered): No

 Credits Information

(Director): Robert Bresson
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  WSR Narrative Review
Story Synopsis:
Living with a dying mother (Cardinal), an alcoholic father (Hebert), and an infant baby brother who needs her care, the young teenaged Mouchette (Nortier) finds herself overwhelmed with what life has thrown her way. Based on the novel by Georges Bernanos. (Tricia Spears)

DVD Picture:
The black-and-white anamorphically enhanced 1.66:1 pillar-boxed DVD exhibits good detail and a gray scale tracking to create a very dimensional image. There are occasional inconsistencies in the picture

Soundtrack:
The Dolby