Well, I know what HerrSchreck might argue. That the suffering Mouchette endures throughout the film might not be 'everyday', and with each of her endeavors, the mood of the film seems to exponentionally stray away from the more naturalistic purity that one might attribute to other films of Bresson (ie. PICKPOCKET, A MAN ESCAPED). I could be wrong you might not argue you that, I don't want to put words in yr mouth...
However, I adore MOUCHETTE. One of the most amazing experiences I've had in a theater was being able to see this on the big screen. It actually makes me fear the notion of watching it at home on DVD. I suppose it will suffice though. I mean I ate 3 packages of .20 cent ramen after viewing Itami's TOMPOPO, which sufficed, but was a poor imitation at best.
I always enjoyed what Bergman said about MOUCHETTE:
You see, now I'll tell you something about Mouchette. It starts with a friend who sees the girl sitting and crying, and Mouchette says to the camera, how shall people go on living without me, that's all. Then you see the main titles. The whole picture is about that. She's a saint and she takes everything upon herself, inside her, everything that happens around her. That makes such an enormous difference that such people live among us. I don't believe in another life, but I do think that some people are more holy than others and make life a little bit easier to endure, more bearable. And she is one, a very, very simple one, and when she has assumed the difficulties of other human beings,
But I do have one question about the print of MOUCHETTE which I saw. At the very end of the film after MOUCHETTE has you know in the stream and the camera holds in the water rippleing, did anybody else notice how it looked as if the scene was cut short and for longer duration purposes somebody played about 6 secs of the water rippleing in forward motion and then in backward motion over and over again to make the shot appear longer? I didn't notice it the first time in the theater, but when I want back with a friend he pointed it out. And on his bootleg DVD copy of MOUCHETTE the same effect appears at the end. I was just curious about this. Did anybody else catch this? Was this intended and I am just stupid?