Mouchette (1967)

Directed by: Robert Bresson

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: A teenaged girl named Mouchette (Nadine Nortier) suffers indignity at the hands of her family and neighbors.

Kitty Cameo: Near the end of the movie, Mouchette is called into the home of an elderly, death-obsessed rich woman who condescends to Mouchette and offer mourning clothes and a shroud. As the woman approaches her bed, a tabby cat is crouched there.

Mouchette - tabby cat crouching on bed
Mouchette - tabby cat crouching on bed

The cat jumps off the bed as the woman draws near.

Mouchette - tabby cat crouching on bed as woman approaches
Mouchette - tabby cat jumping off bed as woman approaches

Final Mewsings: Even the cat didn’t want to be around this woman!

Many thanks to Aaron Shuster for letting us know about the cat in this film.

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