Mouchette

Synopsis

An impoverished, mistreated 14-year-old French peasant girl caring for her dying mother and infant brother endures the daily cruelty of her alcoholic father, schoolteachers, and classmates, before being raped by a poacher during a midnight thunderstorm in the woods. Robert Bresson's heart-wrenching, rigorous adaptation of Georges Bernanos featuring an unforgettable ending roll into the pond set to Monteverdi's Magnificat.