14-year-old Mouchette (Nadine Nortier) lives in the French countryside, her childhood is bleak and full of hardships. Father (Paul Hebert) is a booze drunkard who pays no attention to housework; mother (Marie Cardinal) is terminally ill and lies in bed waiting for death to come; his infant brother cries all day long, making people irritable. The tribulations of the family made the little girl mature prematurely. The money she earned from working was robbed by her father and was often beaten. She was ridiculed and bullied by her classmates at school, and the stubborn Muchette could only vent her dissatisfaction by throwing clods at her classmates after school. The childhood, which was supposed to be full of happiness, withered prematurely. The film won the OCIC Award at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival, the Best Picture Award of the French Film critics Association Award in 1968, the Silver Rabbit Award of the Italian Film journalists Association in 1969, and the Pasinetti Best Picture Award of the Venice Film Festival in 1967.
7.8
