Extended Reading
  • Nicola 2022-03-17 09:01:08

    The final water scene should be edited and played back, which is a funeral for the protagonist embedded in the context of his own work. I don't know if it was a misunderstanding. The first time I saw the poster, I thought that Muschet was a male/child. After watching the movie, I found that it was "she", and she died as a woman of XX. As a gender, there is no growth stage and space, and no trace of change. Even I am "de-genderized" (and cannot be understood in the context of equal rights). Isn't this the most cruel?

  • Tiara 2022-03-15 09:01:07

    Reminiscent of the little girl in Belatar's "Satan Tango" and the little boy in Rossellini's "Germany Year Zero". They all executed a death, and then chose to commit suicide without warning. The child's world is a decentralized and deconstructed world, and there is no room for adult interpretation. This is the least restrained Bresson film, but the most depressing one. The three rolls that are not in the original work are one of the most shocking movie endings I have ever seen.

Mouchette quotes

  • Undertaker: Before Our Lord, they used fragrant herbs to embalm the dead. Now they don't even wash them. The priest says the dead are in heaven. I won't argue, but I have my own ideas. People used to worship the dead. They were gods. That must have been true religion.

  • Undertaker: I love the dead. I understand them. At your age, they frightened me. Now I talk to them, and they answer me with a murmur, a sigh. And you, Mouchette, do you ever think about death? Are you asleep? Your heart's asleep. Don't wake it too fast. You have time enough.

    Mouchette: You disgusting old thing.