[first lines]

Mouchette's Mother: What will become of them without me? I can feel it in my breast. It's like a stone inside.
Arsène: I've said too much or too little. I have to go all the way.
Arsène: Even stone drunk, I keep a clear head.
Mouchette: [singing] Hope! Hope is dead, Three days, Columbus said to them, Pointing to the vast sky ahead, That stretched beyond the horizon...
Mouchette's Mother: I can't breathe.
Mouchette's Mother: Get the gin by the cellar door. It's hidden under the empty sacks. If I die, I'll die without pain.
Mouchette's Mother: Make sure you never get taken in by lazy workmen or drunks.
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.

Mouchette Quotes

Extended Reading

Mouchette short comments

Jimmy 2022-03-16 09:01:07

Bresson's pursuit of psychological portrayal and the truth of life is almost paranoid. He allows the audience to watch what Muchette has encountered without any modification. He tells you (and you know it well) this is a true, de-dramatic story. This is the height that Lao Ta, Bergman and other masters want to achieve, but for ordinary audiences, this movie is too cruel. The ups and downs of the plot are meaningless to this film. The only important thing is the facts.
Christelle 2022-03-18 09:01:06

The obedience and resistance of Mouchette shown in the movie are her actions to deal with the exploitation of others. Bresson’s non-exploitation, or indifference and cruelty, is that he has omitted the little bit of Mouchette's “for himself” action. Seeing that the audience is about to empathize with her, the next second has been cut into the full after the sadness. Tears on the face. Therefore, when Mouchette finally went to tumbling constantly at the end, it became a rare and long final moment of self-giving in the whole film.