When
Wed 1 Mar 2023
Bresson’s achingly moving and extensively detailed account of the last day in the life of a loveless, abused and humiliated 14-year-old peasant girl (the extraordinary Nadine Nortier, in her only screen appearance). A malaise of distilled passion and wasted youth, this rigorous and often ruthless dissection of social mores has been a massive influence on the work of the Dardenne brothers, Maurice Pialat and many others. Adapted from the novel by Georges Bernanos (Diary of a Country Priest) and starkly shot by the great Ghislain Cloquet.
Also screening on Wed 1 March
Program
Model and Soul: The uncompromising cinema of Robert Bresson
Une Femme Douce (1969) –Wed 1 Mar, 7pm
Mouchette (1967) – Wed 1 Mar, 8.45pm
Les Anges du Peche (1943) – Wed 8 Mar, 7pm
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) – Wed 8 Mar, 8.45pm
Pickpocket (1959) – Wed 15 Mar, 7pm
Diary of a Country Priest (1951) – Wed 15 Mar, 8.30pm
About the program
Although Robert Bresson (1901–99) made only 13 features over 40 years, there is perhaps no other body of work in cinema history more marked by a director’s personality, sensibility or style...
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