Mademoiselle ( 1966 )

Mademoiselle ( 1966 ) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
103 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1966 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Tony Richardson

Written By:
Marguerite Duras
Jean Genet

Actors:
Jeanne Moreau ..... Mademoiselle
Ettore Manni ..... Manou
Keith Skinner ..... Bruno
Umberto Orsini ..... Antonio
Georges Aubert ..... René
Jane Beretta ..... Annette (as Jane Berretta)
Paul Barge ..... Young Policeman
Pierre Collet ..... Marcel
Gérard Darrieu ..... Boulet
Jean Gras ..... Roger
Gabriel Gobin ..... Police Sergeant
Rosine Luguet ..... Lisa
Antoine Marin ..... Armand
Georges Douking ..... The Priest
Jacques Monod ..... Mayor

Synopsis:

In a French village, Manou is an Italian logger, virile, with a broad laugh. He can't say no to women's sexual invitations, and jealous villagers blame him for recent fires and a flood. He is innocent; the culprit is 'Mademoiselle,' town schoolmarm, a recent arrival admired by all, but sexually repressed and obsessed with Manou. She sets the first fire accidentally and throbs watching a shirtless Manou perform heroics. Subsequent catastrophes are no accident and express her mad passion for him. Also, after befriending Manou's son, she turns on the lad, making him miserable and raising his suspicions. Her designs, Manou's frank innocence, and the town's xenophobia mix explosively.

Mademoiselle (Jeanne Moreau: Jules et Jim) is the local school teacher of a small French village which has recently been terrorized by clandestine acts of arson; several farms have been torched and the townspeople are quick to accuse the Italian , Manou (Ettore Manni), who has been seducing the wives and works in the forest cutting down trees. Admired by all, but sexually repressed and obsessed with Manou, Mademoiselle is in fact the one who is responsible. Subsequent catastrophes are no accident and express her mad passion for him. But how far will she go...

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