Mademoiselle (1966 film)

  • Jeanne Moreau: Mademoiselle
  • Ettore Manni: Manou
  • Keith Skinner: Bruno
  • Umberto Orsini Antonio
  • Georges Aubert: René
  • Jane Berretta: Annette
  • Paul Barge: Young police officer
  • Pierre Collet: Marcel
  • Georges Douking: Priest
  • Mony Rey: Vievotte

Mademoiselle is a Franco- British feature film from the year 1966.

Action

Mademoiselle is a spinster teacher in a village in Provence. The spectators watched some of their sinister actions such as a village flooding by mountain spring water, crushing of young nest eggs, the killing of flowers of a tree with a cigarette. An Italian lumberjack who works together with a friend and his son as guest workers in the village, is particularly adept at the unloading operations and is unintentionally a local hero, the admiring the local women secretly. The men take away his actions but evil and accuse him of intent to excel and to look good in ladies. The accidents is increasing by several fires and poisoning wells, the village wants someone to blame. However, the police are powerless for lack of evidence, Mademoiselle leaves no trace. No one comes to the idea that the reputed and living alone, a teacher could be the culprit in the village. Some men decide from anger to lynchings and chase the lumberjack.

Mademoiselle had in the meantime the Italians observed in the forest and now comes while the men of the village already looking for him, the woodcutter closer. They spend freely and easily put together a night in the box. In an entertaining conversation between the two in the morning the woodcutter announces the next day to want his son to leave the city. The teacher moves away from him and returns unchanged barefoot, in tattered clothes and slightly apathetic to the village without saying a word. Some villagers comfort her on her way home and ask Mademoiselle, if "he" it was what is in the affirmative laconically from her. When the Italians to come back to the village, some men beat him to death. Mademoiselle leaves the village quickly, but is recognized by the son of Italian as responsible.

Background

Jean Genet had in 1951 written a screenplay for the actress Anouk Aimée with the content of this story. He had given this scenario the actress to the wedding. Marguerite Duras revised this script for Tony Richardson. For the role of the Italian woodcutter Manou Marlon Brando was originally provided. The film had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966, but was booed by the audience.

Reviews

  • Peter W. Jansen in Jeanne Moreau (ed. by the Filmmuseum Berlin): " The transition, the eyes, the mouth. , Such as under a magnifying glass to find the insignia of their art in Mademoiselle gathered when Louis Malle its real discoverer may be called because he was the first to understand the language of her body and became the interpreter of her walk, (...) Tony Richardson is probably the merit to have them recorded in their totality. "
  • Prism Online: Jeanne Moreau is seen as fulfilled by abrasive wickedness and lust uptight teacher here in one of its most exciting film roles; fascinating her almost wordless game that is a parable, a nightmare human being. Tony Richardson's irritating drama based on a novel by Marguerite Duras offers the brilliant story, excellent camera work, and the towering actress.

Awards

  • British Film Academy Award for the best costumes
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